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2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Supplementary Classification Of External Causes Of Injury And Poisoning E800-E999 > Legal Intervention E970-E978 > 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis E978 Legal execution  On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date. The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM E978 can be accessed here. E978 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis E978 also known as: 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