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Wiki Foot ulcer
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mitchellde
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If the provider states a diabetic ulcer or ulcer of the foot due to diabetes the is correct for ICD-9 to use the 250 (or 249) code first and the 707.1- code secondary, but if there was a wound that is now an ulceration and the patient is also diabetic, then the ulceration is a late effect of the wound so it would be the ulcer code followed by the code for late effect of trauma followed by the diabetes uncomplicated.
For ICD-10 CM if it is a diabetic ulcer the code is either E08, E09, E10, or E11 with the .621 extension and the L code for specific location.
For ICD-10 CM if it is a diabetic ulcer the code is either E08, E09, E10, or E11 with the .621 extension and the L code for specific location.