ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › X10-X19 › X11 Contact with hot tap-water › X11.1

X11.1

Contact with running hot water

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:

  • X11.1XXA Contact with running hot water, initial encounter
  • X11.1XXD Contact with running hot water, subsequent encounter
  • X11.1XXS Contact with running hot water, 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 Contact with running hot water

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 X11 Contact with hot tap-water

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X11

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • contact with water heated on stove (X12)

Includes

  • contact with boiling tap-water
  • contact with boiling water NOS

Inherited from the X10-X19 section Contact with heat and hot substances (X10-X19)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • exposure to excessive natural heat (X30)
  • exposure to fire and flames (X00-X08)

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
X11.0 Contact with hot water in bath or tub Not billable
X11.8 Contact with other hot tap-water Not billable