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Battered person syndrome is a physical and psychological condition of a person who has suffered (usually persistent) emotional physical or sexual abuse from another person. It is classified as ICD-9 code 995.81 Battered person syndrome not elsewhere classified (NEC).The condition is the basis for the battered woman defense that has been used in cases of physically and psychologically abused women who have killed their abusers. The condition was first researched extensively by Lenore E.