ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E978
Legal execution
Not Valid for Submission
E978 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of legal execution. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
- ICD-9-CM Code:
- E978
- ICD-9 Code for:
- Legal execution
Convert E978 to ICD-10-CM
The following crosswalk between ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- No matching ICD-10-CM code was found for this code. (no map) No Map Flag
The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
Code Classification
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External causes of injury (V)
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Legal intervention (E970-E979)
- E978 Legal execution
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Legal intervention (E970-E979)
ICD-9 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.
