ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › X71-X83 › X77 Intentional self-harm by steam,... › X77.0
Intentional self-harm by steam or hot vapors
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:
- X77.0XXA Intentional self-harm by steam or hot vapors, initial encounter
- X77.0XXD Intentional self-harm by steam or hot vapors, subsequent encounter
- X77.0XXS Intentional self-harm by steam or hot vapors, 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 Intentional self-harm by steam or hot vapors
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 X77 Intentional self-harm by steam, hot vapors and hot objects
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X77
Inherited from the X71-X83 section Intentional self-harm (X71-X83)
Also known as
- Purposely self-inflicted injury
- Suicide (attempted)
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.
- Felo-de-se
- Suicide, suicidal > scald
- Self-harm NEC > intentional
- Suicide, suicidal > hot object
- Self-inflicted NEC > intentional
- Contact > with > hot > liquid NEC
- Killed, killing NOS > self > stated as > suicide
- Crash > transport vehicle NEC > motor NEC > suicide
- Collision NEC > transport vehicle NEC > intentional, purposeful suicide
- Inhalation > steam > suicide
- Scald, scalding > steam > suicide
- Scald, scalding > vapor > suicide
- Suicide, suicidal > steam, hot vapors
- Burn, burned, burning > steam > suicide
- Burn, burned, burning > vapor > suicide
- Suicide, suicidal > burning, burns > hot object > steam
- Suicide, suicidal > burning, burns > hot object > vapors
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| X77.1 | Intentional self-harm by hot tap water | Not billable |
| X77.2 | Intentional self-harm by other hot fluids | Not billable |
| X77.3 | Intentional self-harm by hot household appliances | Not billable |
| X77.8 | Intentional self-harm by other hot objects | Not billable |
| X77.9 | Intentional self-harm by unspecified hot objects | Not billable |