X95
X95 — Assault by other and unspecified firearm and gun discharge
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
X95 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for assault by other and unspecified firearm and gun discharge. 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 X95
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with X95
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at X95. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading X95 alone.
Risk adjustment
X95 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 X95
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about X95
- Is X95 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. X95 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does X95 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Assault (X92-Y09).