LEGAL INTERVENTION (E970-E978)
Includes:
injuries inflicted by the police or other law-enforcing agents, including military on duty, in the course of arresting or attempting to arrest lawbreakers, suppressing disturbances, maintaining order, and other legal action
legal execution
Excludes:
injuries caused by civil insurrections (E990.0-E999)
E977 Late effects of injuries due to legal intervention
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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