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
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at L08. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading L08 alone.
Risk adjustment
L08 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code history
L08 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead L08
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about L08
- Is L08 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L08 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L08 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08).