X16

X16: Contact with hot heating appliances, radiators and pipes

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

X16 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with hot heating appliances, radiators and pipes. 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 code X16

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 powered appliances (W29.-)
exposure to controlled fire in building or structure due to appliance (X02.8)
exposure to industrial appliances electrical current (W86.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with X16

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

X15Contact with hot household appliances
X17Contact with hot engines, machinery and tools
X17.XXXAContact with hot engines, machinery and tools, initial encounter
X17.XXXDContact with hot engines, machinery and tools, subsequent encounter
X17.XXXSContact with hot engines, machinery and tools, sequela

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Burn, burned, burning›electric blanket
Burn, burned, burning›pipe(hot)
Burn, burned, burning›radiator(hot)
Burn, burned, burning›heating›appliance, radiator or pipe
Burn, burned, burning›hot›heating appliance
Burn, burned, burning›hot›pipe(s)
Burn, burned, burning›hot›radiator
Burn, burned, burning›steam›pipe
Contact›with›pipe, hot
Contact›with›radiator(hot)
Heat›from›electric heating apparatus causing burning
Accident›caused by, due to›steam›pipe

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead X16

3 child codes. Green means billable.