L89.22Pressure ulcer of left hip

L89.22 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for pressure ulcer of left hip. 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 L89.2 (pressure ulcer of hip), L89.22 is specifically for pressure ulcer of left hip. Related codes cover unspecified hip (L89.20) and right hip (L89.21).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: L89.220 (unstageable), L89.221 (stage 1), L89.222 (stage 2), L89.223 (stage 3), L89.224 (stage 4), L89.226 (hip) and L89.229 (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.