DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

X08 Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

X08 is not billable. The category heads 30 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 4 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
  2. X00-X08 Exposure to smoke, fire and flames (X00-X08)
  3. X08 Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames
Billable codes
30
Subdivisions
4
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in X08

  1. X08.0
    Exposure to bed fire
    Header
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Exposure to mattress fire
  2. X08.00
    Exposure to bed fire due to unspecified burning material +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  3. X08.01
    Exposure to bed fire due to burning cigarette +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  4. X08.09
    Exposure to bed fire due to other burning material +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  5. X08.1
    Exposure to sofa fire
    Header
  6. X08.10
    Exposure to sofa fire due to unspecified burning material +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  7. X08.11
    Exposure to sofa fire due to burning cigarette +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  8. X08.19
    Exposure to sofa fire due to other burning material +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  9. X08.2
    Exposure to other furniture fire
    Header
  10. X08.20
    Exposure to other furniture fire due to unspecified burning material +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  11. X08.21
    Exposure to other furniture fire due to burning cigarette +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  12. X08.29
    Exposure to other furniture fire due to other burning material +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  13. X08.8
    Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Block X00-X08 instructions (Excludes1 1, Excludes2 3): printed on the block page.

Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.

7th characters

7th characters for X08 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X08

7th characters for X08
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

Hierarchy