Suicide is a word that has become synonymous with fear, depression, and hopelessness. Each year, about one million people around the world make this final choice, with different regions and cultures having a large impact on the methods of choice and the groups suicide impacts the most. Chances are that, in the time it has taken you to read this introduction, someone has committed suicide. There is an entire subset of medical codes dedicated to noting that a patient killed or injured themselves – the CPT codes for suicides and self inflicted injuries range from e950-e959.