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X05

Exposure to ignition or melting of nightwear

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:

  • X05.XXXA Exposure to ignition or melting of nightwear, initial encounter
  • X05.XXXD Exposure to ignition or melting of nightwear, subsequent encounter
  • X05.XXXS Exposure to ignition or melting of nightwear, 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 Exposure to ignition or melting of nightwear

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 code X05

Excludes2 - not included here

  • exposure to uncontrolled fire in building or structure (X00.-)
  • exposure to uncontrolled fire, not in building or structure (X01.-)
  • exposure to controlled fire in building or structure (X02.-)
  • exposure to controlled fire, not in building or structure (X03.-)
  • exposure to ignition of highly flammable materials (X04.-)

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.