ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › X00-X08 › X08 Exposure to other specified smoke,... › X08.8
Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- X08.8XXA Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames, initial encounter
- X08.8XXD Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames, subsequent encounter
- X08.8XXS Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames, 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames
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 X08 Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X08
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.
- Combustion, spontaneous
- Burn, burned, burning > ignition
- Contact > with > hot > liquid NEC
- Suffocation > due to, by > ignition
- Accident > caused by, due to > ignition
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > from > ignition
- Poisoning > fumes or smoke due to > ignition
- Ignition
- Exposure > fire, flames
- Burn, burned, burning > lamp
- Burn, burned, burning > cigar
- Burn, burned, burning > candle
- Burn, burned, burning > lighter
- Burn, burned, burning > matches
- Burn, burned, burning > blowtorch
- Burn, burned, burning > pipe > smoking
- Burn, burned, burning > torch, welding
- Exposure > fire, flames > specified NEC
- Exposure > fire, flames > resulting from > lightning
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| X08.0 | Exposure to bed fire | Not billable |
| X08.1 | Exposure to sofa fire | Not billable |
| X08.2 | Exposure to other furniture fire | Not billable |