L08.9 Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 602-603 in MDC 09.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 686.9 Unspecified local infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Code annotations containing back-references to L08.9

Back-references to L08

• Type 2 Excludes: L89 Pressure ulcer ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L97 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L98.4 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L98.A Non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified ("skin infections (L00-L08)")

Diagnosis Index entries for L08.9

• Dactylitis › skin
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › buttocks (skin)
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › finger (skin)
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › foot (skin)
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › hip (joint) NEC › skin NEC
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › knee (joint) NEC › skin
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › leg (skin) NOS
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › local, skin (staphylococcal) (streptococcal)
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › shoulder (joint) NEC › skin NEC
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › skin (local) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal)
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › subcutaneous tissue, local
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › toe (skin)
• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › areolar tissue NOS
• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › leg NOS
• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › parotid region
• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › perineum (female) (male)
• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › skin
• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › subcutaneous tissue
• Pustule (nonmalignant)

Nearby codes

• L08.1 Erythrasma
• L08.8 Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
• L08.81 Pyoderma vegetans
• L08.82 Omphalitis not of newborn
• L08.89 Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
• L08.9 Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified (this code)