X15.3XXA — Contact with hot saucepan or skillet, initial encounter
X15.3XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with hot saucepan or skillet, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
7th character "A" — initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X15
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Contact with hot cooking pan
- Contact with hot cooking pot
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above X15.3XXA
These are not written on X15.3XXA, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing X15.3XXA with anything listed here is a denial.
Risk adjustment
X15.3XXA does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code history
X15.3XXA has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share X15.3. If X15.3XXA is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about X15.3XXA
- Is X15.3XXA a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. X15.3XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does X15.3XXA sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Contact with heat and hot substances (X10-X19).
- What cannot be coded together with X15.3XXA?
- X15.3XXA carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above X15.3XXA (X15) and apply to it just the same.