X95.8 — Assault by other firearm discharge
X95.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for assault by other firearm 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Assault by very pistol [flare] discharge
Other codes that can never be billed with X95.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at X95.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading X95.8 alone.
Risk adjustment
X95.8 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.
How X95.8 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to X95.8.
- Assault›firearm›specified NEC
- Discharge›firearm›specified NEC›assault
- Discharge›firearm›specified NEC›homicide(attempt)
- Discharge›firearm›Very pistol›assault
- Discharge›firearm›Very pistol›homicide(attempt)
Code to one of these instead X95.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share X95. If X95.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about X95.8
- Is X95.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. X95.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does X95.8 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Assault (X92-Y09).