Contact with hot household appliances

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 5 more specific codes instead:

X15.0 Contact with hot stove (kitchen) (also a header)
X15.1 Contact with hot toaster (also a header)
X15.2 Contact with hotplate (also a header)
X15.3 Contact with hot saucepan or skillet (also a header)
X15.8 Contact with other hot household appliances (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Contact with hot household appliances

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 each code from category X15

Excludes1 - never coded here

contact with heating appliances (X16)
contact with powered household appliances (W29.-)
exposure to controlled fire in building or structure due to household appliance (X02.8)
exposure to household appliances electrical current (W86.0)

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)