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L88 - Pyoderma gangrenosum

ICD-10-CM Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue · L80-L99 Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99) · Top-level category · FY2027

Applicable To

Inclusion terms listed under L88 in the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Phagedenic pyoderma

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom L88

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • dermatitis gangrenosa (L08.0)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter L00-L99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • 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.-)

Inpatient DRG Payments

DRG 60360,330 discharges

Cellulitis Without Mcc

Avg. Medicare Payment

$6,505

Total Payment$8,681
Patient Responsibility$2,177
Hospital Charge$37,289
DRG 60219,341 discharges

Cellulitis With Mcc

Avg. Medicare Payment

$11,331

Total Payment$13,660
Patient Responsibility$2,329
Hospital Charge$60,149

Documentation requirements, coding pitfalls and FAQs for conditions coded with L88.