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L08

L08: Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

L08 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with L08

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • L02.2Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunk
  • L88Pyoderma gangrenosum
  • L08.0Pyoderma
  • L08.81Pyoderma vegetans
  • P38Omphalitis of newborn

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead L08

4 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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