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X19 Contact with other heat and hot substances

Part of Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity , block Contact with heat and hot substances (X10-X19) .

Official Notes

Excludes1

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

7th Character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code X19

7th Character

A - initial encounter

7th Character

D - subsequent encounter

7th Character

S - sequela

Child Codes

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