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ICD-10/L89.626

L89.626 ICD-10-CM Code: Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of left heel

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, 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.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of left heel is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (L89.626).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for L89.626 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

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

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

Code First

Underlying conditions that must be sequenced before this code.

  • any associated gangrene (I96)

Change history

  • FY2020 — 2019-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of left heel
    FY2020 changes

Verify Before Coding

  • Billable — reportable as written.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Referenced by Other Codes

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):SKN003 — Pressure ulcer of skin (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Potential MS-DRG Relationships (FY2026)

Not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity.

Named in the grouper logic of 6 MS-DRGs: DRG 573 (MDC 09), DRG 574 (MDC 09), DRG 575 (MDC 09), DRG 592 (MDC 09), DRG 593 (MDC 09), DRG 594 (MDC 09).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name L89.626 or its code family.

4 Excludes2 notes across 2 chapters: L97 (via L89.-), L98.4 (via L89.-), L98.A (via L89.-), M70 (via L89.-).

1 Use Additional Code instructions: G90.4 (via L89.-).

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to L89.626 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • L89.620 — Pressure ulcer of left heel, unstageable
  • L89.621 — Pressure ulcer of left heel, stage 1
  • L89.622 — Pressure ulcer of left heel, stage 2
  • L89.623 — Pressure ulcer of left heel, stage 3
  • L89.624 — Pressure ulcer of left heel, stage 4
  • L89.629 — Pressure ulcer of left heel, unspecified stage
  • L89.8 — Pressure ulcer of other site
  • L89.81 — Pressure ulcer of head
  • L89.810 — Pressure ulcer of head, unstageable
  • L89.811 — Pressure ulcer of head, stage 1

View all codes in the L89 family