ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › Y21-Y33 › Y27.8 Contact with other hot objects,... › Y27.8XXS
Contact with other hot objects, undetermined intent, sequela
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Contact with other hot objects, undetermined intent, 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Y27.8XXA | Contact with other hot objects, undetermined intent, initial encounter | Valid |
| Y27.8XXD | Contact with other hot objects, undetermined intent, subsequent encounter | Valid |