Contact with hot household appliances (X15)
The ICD-10 code X15 covers injuries caused by contact with hot household appliances, including hot stoves, toasters, hotplates, saucepans, skillets, and other hot objects found in a home. These codes specify the type of appliance involved and the stage of medical care, such as initial treatment, subsequent care, or complications (sequela).
This section of ICD-10 is used to document burns or injuries from household items like kitchen stoves (X15.0), toasters (X15.1), hotplates (X15.2), and saucepans or skillets (X15.3). It also includes other hot objects, such as irons, kettles, or hot light bulbs (X15.8). Synonyms like “burning due to contact with hot household appliances” or “burning due to contact with hot surface of solid fuel stove” help clarify that these codes apply to unintentional thermal injuries involving common kitchen and household heat sources. The codes differentiate between the initial encounter (XXA), follow-up care (XXD), and lasting effects or sequela (XXS), ensuring precise reporting of care stages after burns caused by household heat appliances.
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y99)
Contact with heat and hot substances (X10-X19)
X15 Contact with hot household appliances
X15.0 Contact with hot stove (kitchen)
- X15.0XXA Contact with hot stove (kitchen), initial encounter
- X15.0XXD Contact with hot stove (kitchen), subsequent encounter
- X15.0XXS Contact with hot stove (kitchen), sequela
X15.1 Contact with hot toaster
- X15.1XXA Contact with hot toaster, initial encounter
- X15.1XXD Contact with hot toaster, subsequent encounter
- X15.1XXS Contact with hot toaster, sequela
X15.2 Contact with hotplate
- X15.2XXA Contact with hotplate, initial encounter
- X15.2XXD Contact with hotplate, subsequent encounter
- X15.2XXS Contact with hotplate, sequela
X15.3 Contact with hot saucepan or skillet
- X15.3XXA Contact with hot saucepan or skillet, initial encounter
- X15.3XXD Contact with hot saucepan or skillet, subsequent encounter
- X15.3XXS Contact with hot saucepan or skillet, sequela
X15.8 Contact with other hot household appliances
- X15.8XXA Contact with other hot household appliances, initial encounter
- X15.8XXD Contact with other hot household appliances, subsequent encounter
- X15.8XXS Contact with other hot household appliances, sequela
Contact with hot household appliances (X15)
Instructional Notations
Type 1 Excludes
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
- contact with heating appliances X16
- contact with powered household appliances W29
- exposure to controlled fire in building or structure due to household appliance X02.8
- exposure to household appliances electrical current W86.0
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 X15
7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.
- A - initial encounter
- D - subsequent encounter
- S - sequela
