Exposure to uncontrolled fire in building or structure

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

X00.0 Exposure to flames in uncontrolled fire in building or structure (also a header)
X00.1 Exposure to smoke in uncontrolled fire in building or structure (also a header)
X00.2 Injury due to collapse of burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire (also a header)
X00.3 Fall from burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire (also a header)
X00.4 Hit by object from burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire (also a header)
X00.5 Jump from burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire (also a header)
X00.8 Other exposure to uncontrolled fire in building or structure (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Exposure to uncontrolled fire in building or structure

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X00

Excludes2 - not included here

Exposure to ignition or melting of nightwear (X05)
Exposure to ignition or melting of other clothing and apparel (X06.-)
Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames (X08.-)

Code first

any associated cataclysm

Includes

conflagration in building or structure

Inherited from the X00-X08 section Exposure to smoke, fire and flames (X00-X08)

Excludes1 - never coded here

arson (X97)

Excludes2 - not included here

explosions (W35-W40)
lightning (T75.0-)
transport accident (V01-V99)