ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › X00-X08 › X03 Exposure to controlled fire, not... › X03.3

X03.3

Fall due to controlled fire, not 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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • X03.3XXA Fall due to controlled fire, not in building or structure, initial encounter
  • X03.3XXD Fall due to controlled fire, not in building or structure, subsequent encounter
  • X03.3XXS Fall due to controlled fire, not in building or structure, 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 Fall due to controlled fire, not 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.

Inherited from X03 Exposure to controlled fire, not in building or structure

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X03

Includes

  • exposure to bon fire
  • exposure to camp-fire
  • exposure to trash fire

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
X03.0 Exposure to flames in controlled fire, not in building or structure Not billable
X03.1 Exposure to smoke in controlled fire, not in building or structure Not billable
X03.4 Hit by object due to controlled fire, not in building or structure Not billable
X03.8 Other exposure to controlled fire, not in building or structure Not billable