Contact with hot tap-water - X11
This notation helps users understand the scope of a code X11 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.
Category Includes:
- contact with boiling tap-water
- contact with boiling water NOS
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- contact with water heated on stove (X12)
The seventh character in ICD-10-CM is an essential component that adds specificity to diagnosis codes by indicating aspects like the encounter type, stage, or other relevant clinical details.
Category SevenChr Note:
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X11
These ranges represents subcategories of Contact with hot tap-water. The "X11" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.