Infection of skin or subcutaneous (soft) tissue, NOS

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ICD10 Diagnosis
Dx: Infection of skin or subcutaneous (soft) tissue, NOS
ICD10 code: L08
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: Soft Tissue Infection (includes Cellulitis)
Charlson/ALERT Scale: none
APACHE Como Component: none
APACHE Acute Component: none
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    • L08
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Additional Info

This code is very similar to Cellulitis. ICD10 has "wastebasket" categories for almost everything, and in general you should code the most specific code available, with the wastebaskets used for things that for one reason or another don't quite fit in the more specific codes. So if it's Cellulitis, then use that specific code, but if it's a Skin/SQ soft tissue infection that for whatever reason isn't technically a cellulitis, then code you've got this wastebasket.

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