ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › Y21-Y33 › Y27 Contact with steam, hot vapors and... › Y27.8
Contact with other hot objects, undetermined intent
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:
- Y27.8XXA Contact with other hot objects, undetermined intent, initial encounter
- Y27.8XXD Contact with other hot objects, undetermined intent, subsequent encounter
- Y27.8XXS Contact with other hot objects, undetermined intent, 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 Contact with other hot objects, undetermined intent
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 Y27 Contact with steam, hot vapors and hot objects, undetermined intent
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y27
Inherited from the Y21-Y33 section Event of undetermined intent (Y21-Y33)
Also known as
- Undetermined intent is only for use when there is specific documentation in the record that the intent of the injury cannot be determined. If no such documentation is present, code to accidental (unintentional)
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.
- Contact > with > hot > liquid NEC
- Undetermined intent > hot object > specified object NEC
- Scald, scalding > stated as undetermined whether accidental or intentional
- Burn, burned, burning > steam > pipe > stated as undetermined whether accidental or intentional
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Y27.0 | Contact with steam and hot vapors, undetermined intent | Not billable |
| Y27.1 | Contact with hot tap water, undetermined intent | Not billable |
| Y27.2 | Contact with hot fluids, undetermined intent | Not billable |
| Y27.3 | Contact with hot household appliance, undetermined intent | Not billable |
| Y27.9 | Contact with unspecified hot objects, undetermined intent | Not billable |