X08Not billable, use a more specific code below

Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames

In Exposure to smoke, fire and flames (X00-X08), chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity

30 billable codes under X08: none are a CC or MCC; none map to an HCC.

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Instructional notes

Also applies, from Exposure to smoke, fire and flames (X00-X08)

These notes sit on X00-X08 and apply to every code under it, including X08.

Excludes1: not coded here, use a different code

Excludes2: not included here, code separately if applicable

Official coding guidelines

From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.

Covers how to report external cause codes (V00-Y99) describing cause, intent, place, activity, and status. They are never principal or first-listed, and reporting is voluntary unless required.

Read Section I.C.20 (page 87), 3 more topics

All codes under X08

X08 can't be used on a claim. Pick a billable code below; grey headings group them.

X08 MS-DRGs

This code does not group to an MS-DRG as a principal diagnosis.

Other codes that refer to X08

Notes on these codes point to X08.

  • W00-W19 Excludes2: fall into fire (X00-X04, X08)
  • X00 Excludes2: Exposure to other specified smoke, fire and flames (X08.-)
  • X10-X19 Excludes1: exposure to fire and flames (X00-X08)
  • X19 Excludes1: objects that are not normally hot, e.g., an object made hot by a house fire (X00-X08)

Code history

Valid since FY2016, when ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. No changes since.