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L08.0: Pyoderma

Your skin has become inflamed in certain places.

Your nails or the skin around your hair may also have become inflamed. Your sweat glands may have become inflamed.

Your skin has become inflamed because you have been infected by bacteria.

Pus has formed because your skin is inflamed by bacteria. The skin in the places affected may be red or warmer than usual. The skin the places affected may be swollen or blisters may have formed. The affected places may also be painful. This disorder can also make you very ill.

Additional indicator

On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.

  • G: Confirmed diagnosis
  • V: Tentative diagnosis
  • Z: Condition after
  • A: Excluded diagnosis
  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.
Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).