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L08.0 - Pyoderma


The ICD 10 Code for Pyoderma is listed as L08.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: L08.0
Description: Pyoderma
  • Dermatitis gangrenosa
  • Purulent dermatitis
  • Septic dermatitis
  • Suppurative dermatitis
  • Excludes1: pyoderma gangrenosum (L88)
  • pyoderma vegetans (L08.81)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
602 - Cellulitis W Mcc
603 - Cellulitis W/o Mcc
Chapter Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
Block Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08)
Parent L08 - Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 686.00 - Pyoderma, unspecified (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of L08.0:
L08.1 - Erythrasma
L08.8 - Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L08.9 - Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified