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X11

X11: Contact with hot tap-water

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

X11 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with hot tap-water. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X11

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • contact with water heated on stove (X12)

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

  • contact with boiling tap-water
  • contact with boiling water NOS

Other codes that can never be billed with X11

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • X11.0Contact with hot water in bath or tub
  • X11.0XXAContact with hot water in bath or tub, initial encounter
  • X11.0XXDContact with hot water in bath or tub, subsequent encounter
  • X11.0XXSContact with hot water in bath or tub, sequela

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead X11

3 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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