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L08.0

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Pyoderma

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A bacterial skin infection characterized by pus-filled sores or pustules on the skin surface.

Coding Tips

  • •Identify the causative organism if documented (e.g., Staphylococcus, Streptococcus)
  • •Specify the location of pyoderma if multiple sites are affected

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • pyoderma gangrenosum (L88)
  • pyoderma vegetans (L08.81)

Code Hierarchy

└L08Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue└L08.0Pyoderma
└L08.0Pyoderma

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