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Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E977
Late effects of injuries due to legal intervention
  • Short description: Late eff-legal intervent.
  • ICD-9-CM E977 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, E977 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).
  • E977 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
  • You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E977.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E977: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: E977 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Y35.003S Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, suspect injured, sequela
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Y35.103S Legal intervention involving unspecified explosives, suspect injured, sequela
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Y35.203S Legal intervention involving unspecified gas, suspect injured, sequela
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Y35.303S Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, suspect injured, sequela
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Y35.403S Legal intervention involving unspecified sharp objects, suspect injured, sequela
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Y35.893S Legal intervention involving other specified means, suspect injured, sequela
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Y35.93XS Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured, sequela
Note
This category is to be used to indicate circumstances classifiable to E970-E976 as the cause of death or disability from late effects, which are themselves classifiable elsewhere. The "late effects" include conditions reported as such, or as sequelae which may occur at any time after the injury due to legal intervention.
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