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ICD-10/L89.611

L89.611 ICD-10-CM Code: Pressure ulcer of right heel, stage 1

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 573 — SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH MCC (MDC 09)
  • MS-DRG 574 — SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH CC (MDC 09)
  • MS-DRG 575 — SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 09)
  • MS-DRG 592 — SKIN ULCERS WITH MCC (MDC 09)
  • MS-DRG 593 — SKIN ULCERS WITH CC (MDC 09)
  • MS-DRG 594 — SKIN ULCERS WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 09)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Pressure ulcer of right heel, stage 1 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (L89.611).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for L89.611 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • bed sore
  • decubitus ulcer
  • plaster ulcer
  • pressure area
  • pressure sore

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Healing pressure ulcer of right heel, stage 1
  • Pressure pre-ulcer skin changes limited to persistent focal edema, right heel

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

  • decubitus (trophic) ulcer of cervix (uteri) (N86)
  • diabetic ulcers (E08.621, E08.622, E09.621, E09.622, E10.621, E10.622, E11.621, E11.622, E13.621, E13.622)
  • non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin (L97.-)
  • skin infections (L00-L08)
  • varicose ulcer (I83.0, I83.2)

Code First

Underlying conditions that must be sequenced before this code.

  • any associated gangrene (I96)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to L89.611 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • L89.604 — Pressure ulcer of unspecified heel, stage 4
  • L89.606 — Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of unspecified heel
  • L89.609 — Pressure ulcer of unspecified heel, unspecified stage
  • L89.61 — Pressure ulcer of right heel
  • L89.610 — Pressure ulcer of right heel, unstageable
  • L89.612 — Pressure ulcer of right heel, stage 2
  • L89.613 — Pressure ulcer of right heel, stage 3
  • L89.614 — Pressure ulcer of right heel, stage 4
  • L89.616 — Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of right heel
  • L89.619 — Pressure ulcer of right heel, unspecified stage

View all codes in the L89 family