X17

X17: Contact with hot engines, machinery and tools

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

X17 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with hot engines, machinery and tools. 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 X17

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 hot heating appliances, radiators and pipes (X16)
contact with hot household appliances (X15)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Burn, burned, burning›engine(hot)
Burn, burned, burning›machinery(hot)
Burn, burned, burning›tool(hot)
Burn, burned, burning›hot›engine
Burn, burned, burning›hot›machinery
Burn, burned, burning›hot›tool
Contact›with›engine, hot NEC(s)
Contact›with›hot›engine
Contact›with›hot›machinery
Contact›with›hot›tool
Contact›with›machine, machinery›hot
Contact›with›tool›hot

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead X17

3 child codes. Green means billable.