X19 — Contact with other heat and hot substances
Is X19 billable?
No — X19 is a non-billable header code. X19 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 3 billable codes beneath X19.
X19 at a glance
| Code | X19 |
|---|---|
| Description | Contact with other heat and hot substances |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is X19 listed in the External Cause Index?
These are the routes through the External Cause of Injuries Index that lead to X19 — how the injury happened, rather than what the injury was.
- Scald, scalding (accidental) (by) (from) (in)
- Burn, burned, burning › objectNEC (accidental) (by) (from) (on)
- Burn, burned, burning › substanceNEC (accidental) (by) (from) (on)
- Burn, burned, burning › hot › objectNEC (accidental) (by) (from) (on)
- Burn, burned, burning › hot › substance NEC (accidental) (by) (from) (on)
- Contact › with › heat NEC (accidental)
- Contact › with › substance, hot NEC (accidental)
- Contact › with › hot › objectNEC (accidental)
- Contact › with › hot › substance NEC (accidental)
- Contact › with › objectNEC › hot NEC (accidental)
- Contact › with › hot › household appliance › object NEC (accidental)
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with X19 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- objects that are not normally hot, e.g., an object made hot by a house fire (X00-X08)
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from X10-X19
The conditions below can never be reported together with X19 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
What codes fall under X19? (3)
How long has X19 existed?
X19 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.