ICD-10-CM External Cause Index · FY 2026 Letter C
External Cause Index Terms Starting With C ICD-10-CM
The letter C section of the FY 2026 External Cause of Injuries Index carries 29 main terms, from Caisson disease to Cyclone. 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
29
Main Terms
826
Index Entries
5
Direct Codes
10
Cross-refs
- Campfire (exposure to) (controlled)Sub-entries see also Exposure, fire, controlled, not in buildinguncontrolled see Exposure, fire, uncontrolled, not in building
- war see War operations
- CatSub-entries
- Catching fireCross-ref See: Exposure, fire
- CaughtSub-entries
- Cave-in caused by cataclysmic earth surface movement or eruptionCross-ref See: Landslide
- Choked, choking (on) (any object except food or vomitus)Sub-entries
- Civil insurrectionCross-ref See: War operations
- Cold, exposure to (accidental) (excessive) (extreme) (natural) (place) NECCross-ref See: Exposure, cold
- CollapseSub-entries
- Combustion, spontaneousCross-ref See: Ignition
- CompressionSub-entries
- ConflagrationCross-ref See: Exposure, fire, uncontrolled
- Constriction (external)Sub-entries
- Contact (accidental)Sub-entries
- CrashSub-entries
- Cut, cutting (any part of body) (accidental)Sub-entries see also Contact, with, by object or machineduring medical or surgical treatment as misadventure see Index to Diseases and Injuries, Complicationshomicide (attempt) see Assault, cutting or piercing instrumentinflicted by other person see Assault, cutting or piercing instrumentlegal
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.
