2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978/Legal execution

[JustAGuy1]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Ringel05]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

No, it makes me go;
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[JustAGuy1]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

No, it makes me go;
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

One must wonder why they need a Medical Code for such a thing....well intelligent people anyway.

 

[Ringel05]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

No, it makes me go;
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

One must wonder why they need a Medical Code for such a thing....well intelligent people anyway.

Humans......, especially those in government have the need to catalog EVERYTHING. Doesn't take much intelligence to figure that one out. Or maybe it takes much more.......

 

[Cecilie1200]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

Not really sure why that's surprising.

 

[Cecilie1200]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

No, it makes me go;
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

One must wonder why they need a Medical Code for such a thing....well intelligent people anyway.

Because there's a doctor present at executions, and he certainly doesn't do it for free.

 

[JustAGuy1]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

Not really sure why that's surprising.

It isn't to me, I hold certain Biblical views that make their use well known.

 

[JustAGuy1]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

No, it makes me go;
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

One must wonder why they need a Medical Code for such a thing....well intelligent people anyway.

Because there's a doctor present at executions, and he certainly doesn't do it for free.

Because guillotines and beheadings are so common?

 

[Cecilie1200]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

Not really sure why that's surprising.

It isn't to me, I hold certain Biblical views that make their use well known.

You're not surprised there's an ICD code for executions? Your OP, and the fact that you started a thread about it, seemed like you were.

 

[Ringel05]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

Not really sure why that's surprising.

In this case trying to make mountains out of sink holes.

 

[JustAGuy1]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

Not really sure why that's surprising.

It isn't to me, I hold certain Biblical views that make their use well known.

You're not surprised there's an ICD code for executions? Your OP, and the fact that you started a thread about it, seemed like you were.

Learn to read, pay particular attention to the bolded words.

 

[JustAGuy1]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

Not really sure why that's surprising.

It isn't to me, I hold certain Biblical views that make their use well known.

You're not surprised there's an ICD code for executions? Your OP, and the fact that you started a thread about it, seemed like you were.

Because guillotines and beheadings are so common?

 

[Cecilie1200]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

No, it makes me go;
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

One must wonder why they need a Medical Code for such a thing....well intelligent people anyway.

Because there's a doctor present at executions, and he certainly doesn't do it for free.

Because guillotines and beheadings are so common?

No, they aren't, but they ARE methods of execution that have been used before, and ICD likes to cover all possible bases. Just because it's highly unlikely that we'll go from lethal injection to Madame La Guillotine doesn't mean it's impossible.

Generally speaking, the code is used to bill for the services of the doctor at the execution, whatever method is actually used.

It's far from the only unusual thing in the ICD codes. As I say, they prefer to have all possibilities covered, just in case.

 

[Cecilie1200]

• 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.
• You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E978.
• More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E978: 2014 2015.

• 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

2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978 : Legal execution

Free, official information about 2013 (and also 2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code E978, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.

www.icd9data.com

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

Not really sure why that's surprising.

It isn't to me, I hold certain Biblical views that make their use well known.

You're not surprised there's an ICD code for executions? Your OP, and the fact that you started a thread about it, seemed like you were.

Learn to read, pay particular attention to the bolded words.

Again, they're listing methods of execution. And then they have a generic "or anything else" at the end, just in case we suddenly decide to execute people Salem Witch style.

ICD codes EVERYTHING, just in case.

If I remember correctly from coding school, they have one for being sucked into a jet engine.