Contact with hot drinks, food, fats and cooking oils (X10)
ICD-10 code X10 covers injuries resulting from contact with hot drinks, food, fats, and cooking oils. These codes classify burns and scalds caused by accidental contact with hot liquids like tea, coffee, soup, or cooking oil, ensuring precise documentation of such incidents.
The section includes specific codes for exposure to hot drinks (X10.0), hot food (X10.1), and fats or cooking oils (X10.2). For each, there are subcategories indicating the initial encounter (e.g., X10.0XXA for hot drinks), subsequent encounters for follow-up care, and sequela for complications or late effects after the burn has healed. Synonyms like "burning due to contact with hot tea," "hot drink burn of skin," or "scald by hot soup" correspond to these codes, helping coders match the terms commonly used in clinical notes with the official ICD-10 descriptions. Use these codes when documenting accidental thermal injuries caused by hot consumables, facilitating accurate medical records and reporting of burn-related incidents.
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y99)
Contact with heat and hot substances (X10-X19)
X10 Contact with hot drinks, food, fats and cooking oils
X10.0 Contact with hot drinks
- X10.0XXA Contact with hot drinks, initial encounter
- X10.0XXD Contact with hot drinks, subsequent encounter
- X10.0XXS Contact with hot drinks, sequela
X10.1 Contact with hot food
- X10.1XXA Contact with hot food, initial encounter
- X10.1XXD Contact with hot food, subsequent encounter
- X10.1XXS Contact with hot food, sequela
X10.2 Contact with fats and cooking oils
- X10.2XXA Contact with fats and cooking oils, initial encounter
- X10.2XXD Contact with fats and cooking oils, subsequent encounter
- X10.2XXS Contact with fats and cooking oils, sequela
Contact with hot drinks, food, fats and cooking oils (X10)
Instructional Notations
7th Character Note
Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X10
7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.
- A - initial encounter
- D - subsequent encounter
- S - sequela
