Category · FY2027
X11 Contact with hot tap-water
- Header · not billable
- Codes take a 7th character
X11 is not billable. The category heads 9 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 3 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.
Where it sits
- Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
- X10-X19 Contact with heat and hot substances (X10-X19)
- X11 Contact with hot tap-water
- Billable codes
- 9
- Subdivisions
- 3
- CC / MCC codes
- 0 / 0
- HCC V28 codes
- 0
- New FY2027
- 0
- Index entries
- 0
Codes in X11
- X11.0Contact with hot water in bath or tub +7th: A D SNeeds 7th character
Excludes1 1
Excludes1
- contact with running hot water in bath or tub (X11.1) X11.1
- X11.1Contact with running hot water +7th: A D SNeeds 7th character
Inclusion terms 2
Inclusion terms
- Contact with hot water running out of hose
- Contact with hot water running out of tap
- X11.8Contact with other hot tap-water +7th: A D SNeeds 7th character
Inclusion terms 2
Inclusion terms
- Contact with hot water in bucket
- Contact with hot tap-water NOS
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
At X11
Includes
- contact with boiling tap-water
- contact with boiling water NOS
Excludes1
- contact with water heated on stove (X12) X12
Notes that also apply
Block X10-X19 instructions (Excludes1 2): printed on the block page.
Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.
7th characters
7th characters for X11 defined here
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X11
| 7th | Meaning (NCHS) |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
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.