L08.9Billable
Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Billable Code
L08.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for infected wound
infected wound
View TemplatesWound Infection
View documentation for infection unspecified
infection unspecified
View TemplatesInfection, unspecified
View documentation for skin tear
skin tear
View TemplatesSkin Tear
View documentation for skin tear left anterior calf
skin tear left anterior calf
View TemplatesLaceration without foreign body of left lower leg
View documentation for soft tissue infection
soft tissue infection
View TemplatesSoft Tissue Infection
View documentation for wound
wound
View TemplatesOpen Wound
View documentation for wound culture
wound culture
View TemplatesWound Culture Analysis
View documentation for wound infection
wound infection
View TemplatesWound Infection
View documentation for wound infection unspecified
wound infection unspecified
View TemplatesUnspecified local infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue
View documentation for wound recheck
wound recheck
View TemplatesEncounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
10 items
Excludes2
From L00-L99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- •systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- •viral warts (B07.-)