Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978
Legal execution
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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
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