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2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 707.00
Pressure ulcer, unspecified site
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 707.00 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 707.00 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
707.00 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM L89.90 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site, unspecified stage
Approximate Synonyms
- Decubitus ulcer
- Decubitus ulcer (pressure sore)
- Decubitus ulcer due to spina bifida
- Nonstageable pressure ulcer
- Pressure ulcer
- Pressure ulcer due to spina bifida
- Pressure ulcer stage 1
- Pressure ulcer stage 2
- Pressure ulcer stage 3
- Pressure ulcer stage 4
- Pressure ulcer, stage 1
- Pressure ulcer, stage 2
- Pressure ulcer, stage 3
- Pressure ulcer, stage 4
- Pressure ulcer, unstageable
Clinical Information
- Death of tissue due to external pressure
- Ulceration caused by prolonged pressure in patients permitted to lie too still for a long period of time; bony prominences of the body are the most frequently affected sites; ulcer is caused by ischemia of the underlying structures of the skin, fat, and muscles as a result of the sustained and constant pressure
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
707.00:
- Bedsore (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
with gangrene 707.00 [785.4
]
- Decubiti (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
- Decubitus (ulcer) (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
with gangrene 707.00 [785.4
]
back
- Plaster ulcer (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
- Pressure
area, skin ulcer (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
necrosis (chronic) (skin) (see also Decubitus) 707.00
sore (chronic) (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
ulcer (chronic) (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
- Sore
pressure (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00![](/images/16x16.gif)
with gangrene (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00 [785.4
]
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
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buttock (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8![](/images/note.png)
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decubitus (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
decubitus (unspecified site) (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
lower extremity (atrophic) (chronic) (neurogenic) (perforating) (pyogenic) (trophic) (tropical) 707.10![](/images/note.png)
plaster (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
pressure 707.00![](/images/vertical.gif)
with![](/images/vertical.gif)
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abrasion, blister, partial thickness skin loss involving epidermis and/or dermis 707.22![](/images/note.png)
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full thickness skin loss involving damage or necrosis of subcutaneous tissue 707.23![](/images/note.png)
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gangrene 707.00 [785.4
]![](/images/vertical.gif)
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necrosis of soft tissues through to underlying muscle, tendon, or bone 707.24![](/images/note.png)
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ankle 707.06![](/images/note.png)
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back![](/images/vertical.gif)
buttock 707.05![](/images/note.png)
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coccyx 707.03![](/images/note.png)
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elbow 707.01![](/images/note.png)
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head 707.09![](/images/note.png)
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healed - omit code![](/images/vertical.gif)
healing - code to Ulcer, pressure, by stage![](/images/vertical.gif)
heel 707.07![](/images/note.png)
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hip 707.04![](/images/note.png)
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other site 707.09![](/images/note.png)
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sacrum 707.03![](/images/note.png)
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shoulder blades 707.02![](/images/note.png)
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unstageable 707.25![](/images/note.png)
skin (atrophic) (chronic) (neurogenic) (non-healing) (perforating) (pyogenic) (trophic) 707.9![](/images/note.png)
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with gangrene 707.9
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]![](/images/16x16.gif)
amebic 006.6![](/images/note.png)
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decubitus (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00![](/images/16x16.gif)
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with gangrene 707.00 [785.4
]
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in granulocytopenia 288.09![](/images/note.png)
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lower extremity (see also Ulcer, lower extremity) 707.10![](/images/note.png)
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mycobacterial 031.1![](/images/note.png)
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syphilitic (early) (secondary) 091.3![](/images/note.png)
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tuberculous (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0![](/images/note.png)
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varicose - see Ulcer, varicose