Is X19 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. X19 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does X19 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 X19?

X19 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

X19

X19 — Contact with other heat and hot substances

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

X19 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with other heat and hot substances. 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 X19

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.

objects that are not normally hot, e.g., an object made hot by a house fire (X00-X08)

Risk adjustment

X19 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.

How X19 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to X19.

Scald, scalding(accidental) (by) (from) (in)
Burn, burned, burning›object NEC(hot)
Burn, burned, burning›substance NEC(hot)
Burn, burned, burning›hot›object NEC(not producing fire or flames)
Burn, burned, burning›hot›substance NEC
Contact›with›heat NEC
Contact›with›substance, hot NEC
Contact›with›hot›object NEC(not producing fire or flames)
Contact›with›hot›substance NEC
Contact›with›object NEC›hot NEC
Contact›with›hot›household appliance›object NEC

Code to one of these instead X19

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about X19

Is X19 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. X19 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does X19 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 X19?: X19 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.