L89.00Pressure ulcer of unspecified elbow

L89.00 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for pressure ulcer of unspecified elbow. It belongs to category L89 (pressure ulcer), block L80-L99 (other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue) and chapter 12 (diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 7 subcodes must be used instead.

Within L89.0, choose L89.00 (unspecified elbow) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: right elbow (L89.01) and left elbow (L89.02).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: L89.000 (unstageable), L89.001 (stage 1), L89.002 (stage 2), L89.003 (stage 3), L89.004 (stage 4), L89.006 (elbow) and L89.009 (unspecified stage).

Code first: any associated gangrene (I96).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.