Legal execution

This code represents death resulting from a legally authorized execution by the state or other governing authority. It signifies a fatal event carried out under judicial or governmental order, rather than an accidental, suicidal, or homicidal death by other means.

This code is used when the cause of death is officially documented as a legal execution. Documentation such as a death certificate, autopsy report, or official legal records explicitly stating "legal execution" as the manner of death would support its use.

• This code is primarily used in mortality statistics and forensic pathology reporting.
• Do not confuse this with other external cause codes for homicide (E960-E969) or accidental deaths (E800-E949).
• Always sequence this as a supplementary external cause code, following the primary diagnosis for the death itself (e.g., cardiac arrest due to execution).