L98.4 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2026 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified.
Inclusion term
Chronic ulcer of skin NOS
Tropical ulcer NOS
Ulcer of skin NOS
Type 2 excludes
Pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)
Gangrene (I96)
Skin infections (L00-L08)
Specific infections classified to A00-B99
Ulcer of lower limb NEC (L97.-)
Varicose ulcer (I83.0-I83.93)
Codes
L98.41
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock
L98.47
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of groin
L98.46
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of face
L98.45
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of neck
L98.44
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of chest
L98.43
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of abdomen
L98.42
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back
L98.49
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites
Versions
2026
No changes
2025
No changes
2024
No changes
2023
No changes
2022
No changes
2021
Code changed
Type 2 excludes
pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)gangrene (I96)skin infections (L00-L08)specific infections classified to A00-B99ulcer of lower limb NEC (L97.-)varicose ulcer (I83.0-I82.2)
- pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)
- gangrene (I96)
- skin infections (L00-L08)
- specific infections classified to A00-B99
- ulcer of lower limb NEC (L97.-)
- varicose ulcer (I83.0-I83.93)
2020
No changes
2019
No changes
2018
No changes
2017
No changes
2016
New code