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Obamacare Billing Code ICD-9 E978: EXECUTIONS AND BEHEADINGS

http://www.rlowery.org/blog/#/article/1160

 

ICD-9-CM E978 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, E978 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).E978 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.

 

No ICD-10-CM code(s) convert to ICD-9-CM E978

 

Applies To

 

All executions performed at the behest of the judiciary or ruling authority [whether permanent or temporary] as:

asphyxiation by gas

beheading, decapitation (by guillotine)

capital punishment

electrocution

hanging

poisoning

shooting

other specified means

 

http://www.icd9data.com/2015/Volume1/E000-E999/E970-E979/E978/E978.htm