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X00.2

Injury due to collapse of burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire

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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • X00.2XXA Injury due to collapse of burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire, initial encounter
  • X00.2XXD Injury due to collapse of burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire, subsequent encounter
  • X00.2XXS Injury due to collapse of burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire, sequela

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Injury due to collapse of burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire

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.

Inherited from X00 Exposure to uncontrolled fire in building or structure

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)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
X00.0 Exposure to flames in uncontrolled fire in building or structure Not billable
X00.1 Exposure to smoke in uncontrolled fire in building or structure Not billable
X00.3 Fall from burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire Not billable
X00.4 Hit by object from burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire Not billable
X00.5 Jump from burning building or structure in uncontrolled fire Not billable
X00.8 Other exposure to uncontrolled fire in building or structure Not billable