2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code X12.XXXS
Contact with other hot fluids, sequela
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- X12.XXXS
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Contact with other hot fluids, sequela
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
X12.XXXS is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of contact with other hot fluids, sequela. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
X12.XXXS is a sequela code, includes a 7th character and should be used for complications that arise as a direct result of a condition like contact with other hot fluids. According to ICD-10-CM Guidelines a "sequela" code should be used for chronic or residual conditions that are complications of an initial acute disease, illness or injury. The most common sequela is pain. Usually, two diagnosis codes are needed when reporting sequela. The first code describes the nature of the sequela while the second code describes the sequela or late effect.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Accident caused by hot liquid and vapor, including steam
- Burn by hot liquid
- Burning due to contact with geothermal hot water
- Burning due to contact with hot drinks, liquid foods, fats and cooking oils
- Burning due to contact with hot liquid
- Burning due to contact with hot liquids in industry
- Burning due to contact with hot water
- Burning due to contact with hot water
- Burning due to contact with hot water from kettle
- Burning due to contact with molten bitumen or tar
- Burning due to contact with molten plastic
- Ulcer of esophagus caused by thermal agent
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is External cause codes: sequela
- CCSR Category Code: EXT030
- Inpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
Convert X12.XXXS to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: E929.8 - Late eff accident NEC
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.