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X04.XXXA

Exposure to ignition of highly flammable material, initial encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Exposure to ignition of highly flammable material, initial encounter

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 X04 Exposure to ignition of highly flammable material

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code X04

Excludes2 - not included here

  • exposure to ignition or melting of nightwear (X05)
  • exposure to ignition or melting of other clothing and apparel (X06)

Also known as

  • Exposure to ignition of gasoline
  • Exposure to ignition of kerosene
  • Exposure to ignition of petrol

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
X04.XXXD Exposure to ignition of highly flammable material, subsequent encounter Valid
X04.XXXS Exposure to ignition of highly flammable material, sequela Valid