ICD-10-CM · Chapter 12 · L00–L99
L08.81
Pyoderma vegetans
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- L08.81
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 12 — Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Category
- L08 — Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM L08.81 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of pyoderma vegetans. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in L08
- L08Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L08.0Pyoderma
- L08.1Erythrasma
- L08.8Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L08.82Omphalitis not of newborn
- L08.89Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L08.9Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
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