L08.0
L08.0: Pyoderma
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L08.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pyoderma. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L08.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Dermatitis gangrenosa
- Purulent dermatitis
- Septic dermatitis
- Suppurative dermatitis
Other codes that can never be billed with L08.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
L08.0 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56459Billing and Coding: Debridement Services
- A58565Billing and Coding: Wound and Ulcer Care
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Ecthyma
- Pustular rash
- Pyoderma, pyodermia
- Pyodermatitis
- Dermatitis›gangrenosa, gangrenous infantum
- Dermatitis›purulent
- Dermatitis›pyococcal
- Dermatitis›pyogenica
- Dermatitis›septic
- Dermatitis›suppurative
- Ecthyma›gangrenosum
- Rash›pustular
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.