ICD-10-CM External Cause Index · FY 2026 Letter B
External Cause Index Terms Starting With B ICD-10-CM
The letter B section of the FY 2026 External Cause of Injuries Index carries 20 main terms, from Barotitis to Butted by animal. Terms with a direct code link straight to the code page, cross references point to the main term that holds the codes, and terms with a handful of sub-entries render in full right here. The largest terms open their own full index page.
✓ Built from the official CMS FY 2026 index fileEffective Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026
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Main Terms
293
Index Entries
5
Direct Codes
5
Cross-refs
- inlegal intervention see Legal, intervention, sharp object, bayonetwar operations see War operations, combatstated as undetermined whether accidental or intentional Y28.8 Non-billable
- Bed set on fire NECCross-ref See: Exposure, fire, uncontrolled, building, bed
- Beheading (by guillotine)Sub-entrieshomicide X99.9 Non-billablelegal execution see Legal, intervention
- Bite, bitten bySub-entries
- Blast (air) in war operationsCross-ref See: War operations, blast
- by law-enforcing agent, police (on duty) see Legal, intervention, manhandlingblunt object see Legal, intervention, blunt object
- Blowing upCross-ref See: Explosion
- Breakage (accidental) (part of)Sub-entries
- BrokenSub-entriesglass, contact with see Contact, with, glasspower line (causing electric shock) W85 Non-billable
- Bumping against, into (accidentally)Sub-entries
Related References
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, FY 2026 ICD-10-CM External Cause of Injuries Index release files, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
