Which code represents an Assault/Battery Negative Injury Drive By Shooting?

Which code represents an Assault/Battery Negative Injury Drive By Shooting?

• A. 416
• B. 417
• C. 416A
• D. 415C

Answer: (D)

In this coding system, specific suffixes are used to flag exact details like the method of offense and whether there were injuries. The scenario described is an assault/battery where the harm comes from a drive-by shooting but there are no injuries. The code that communicates both the drive-by method and the absence of injuries is the one that precisely encodes that combination. The other codes refer to different assault scenarios or to injuries, so they don’t fit the description as closely. So the best choice is the code that explicitly represents a drive-by shooting with no injuries.

In this coding system, specific suffixes are used to flag exact details like the method of offense and whether there were injuries. The scenario described is an assault/battery where the harm comes from a drive-by shooting but there are no injuries. The code that communicates both the drive-by method and the absence of injuries is the one that precisely encodes that combination. The other codes refer to different assault scenarios or to injuries, so they don’t fit the description as closely. So the best choice is the code that explicitly represents a drive-by shooting with no injuries.