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E955.0 - Suicide And Self-inflicted Injury By Handgun


The ICD 9 Code for Suicide and self-inflicted injury by handgun is listed as E955.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: E955.0
Long Description: Suicide and self-inflicted injury by handgun
Short Description: Injury-handgun
Chapter: Supplementary Classification Of External Causes Of Injury And Poisoning
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: X72.XXXA - Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E955.0:
E955.1 - Suicide and self-inflicted injury by shotgun
E955.2 - Suicide and self-inflicted injury by hunting rifle
E955.3 - Suicide and self-inflicted injury by military firearms
E955.4 - Suicide and self-inflicted injury by other and unspecified firearm
E955.5 - Suicide and self-inflicted injury by explosives
E955.6 - Suicide and self-inflicted injury by air gun
E955.7 - Suicide and self-inflicted injury by paintball gun
E955.9 - Suicide and self-inflicted injury by firearms and explosives, unspecified