Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L08)

• ICD-10 Index

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)

    • Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08)

      • Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L08)

        • L08 - Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • L08.0 - Pyoderma BILLABLE CODE
        • L08.1 - Erythrasma BILLABLE CODE
        • L08.8 - Oth local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • L08.81 - Pyoderma vegetans BILLABLE CODE
        • L08.82 - Omphalitis not of newborn BILLABLE CODE
        • L08.89 - Oth local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue BILLABLE CODE
        • L08.9 - Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unsp BILLABLE CODE

Clinical Information for Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L08)

Pyoderma - Any purulent skin disease (Dorland, 27th ed).

Pyoderma Gangrenosum - An idiopathic, rapidly evolving, and severely debilitating disease occurring most commonly in association with chronic ulcerative colitis. It is characterized by the presence of boggy, purplish ulcers with undermined borders, appearing mostly on the legs. The majority of cases are in people between 40 and 60 years old. Its etiology is unknown.

Erythrasma - A chronic bacterial infection of major folds of the skin, caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum.

Bunion, Tailor's - Abnormal swelling of the outer aspect of the fifth metatarsal head affecting the fifth METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT.

Ecthyma - An ulcerative pyoderma usually caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection at the site of minor trauma. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Ecthyma, Contagious - An infectious dermatitis of sheep and goats, affecting primarily the muzzle and lips. It is caused by a poxvirus and may be transmitted to man.

Orf virus - The type species of PARAPOXVIRUS which causes a skin infection in natural hosts, usually young sheep. Humans may contract local skin lesions by contact. The virus apparently persists in soil.

Bunion - Abnormal swelling of the inner aspect of the first metatarsal head affecting the first METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT.

Parapoxvirus - A genus of the family POXVIRIDAE, subfamily CHORDOPOXVIRINAE, which infect ungulates and may infect humans. ORF VIRUS is the type species.

Metatarsophalangeal Joint - The articulation between a metatarsal bone (METATARSAL BONES) and a phalanx.