ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › X10-X19 › X12 Contact with other hot fluids › X12.XXXS

X12.XXXS

Contact with other hot fluids, sequela

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 Contact with other hot fluids, sequela

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 X12 Contact with other hot fluids

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code X12

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • hot (liquid) metals (X18)

Also known as

  • Contact with water heated on stove

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
X12.XXXA Contact with other hot fluids, initial encounter Valid
X12.XXXD Contact with other hot fluids, subsequent encounter Valid