Assault by steam, hot vapors and hot objects

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 6 more specific codes instead:

X98.0 Assault by steam or hot vapors (also a header)
X98.1 Assault by hot tap water (also a header)
X98.2 Assault by hot fluids (also a header)
X98.3 Assault by hot household appliances (also a header)
X98.8 Assault by other hot objects (also a header)
X98.9 Assault by unspecified hot objects (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 Assault by steam, hot vapors and hot objects

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 X98

Inherited from the X92-Y09 section Assault (X92-Y09)

Excludes1 - never coded here

injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)
injuries due to operations of war (Y36.-)
injuries due to terrorism (Y38.-)

Includes

homicide
injuries inflicted by another person with intent to injure or kill, by any means