X74.0 — Intentional self-harm by gas, air or spring-operated guns
X74.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for intentional self-harm by gas, air or spring-operated guns. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X74
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with X74.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at X74.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading X74.0 alone.
- X73Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge
Risk adjustment
X74.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead X74.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share X74. If X74.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about X74.0
- Is X74.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. X74.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does X74.0 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Intentional self-harm (X71-X83).