ICD-10-CM Index to External Causes 2027
External cause codes (V00-Y99) are secondary codes that record how an injury happened, the intent, and the place. Open a code to see its full billable form.
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A
- Abandonment NEC
- Abuse
- Accident
- Acid throwing
- Activity
- Adverse effect of drugs see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
- Aerosinusitis see Air, pressure
- After-effect, late see Sequelae
- Air
- Alpine sickness
- Altitude sickness
- Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
- Andes disease
- Arachnidism, arachnoidism
- Arson
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation
- Aspiration
- Assassination see Assault
- Assault
- Attack by mammals NEC
- Avalanche see Landslide
- Aviator's disease see Air, pressure
B
- Barotitis, barodontalgia, barosinusitis, barotrauma see Air, pressure
- Battered
- Bayonet wound
- Bean in nose
- Bed set on fire NEC see Exposure, fire, uncontrolled, building, bed
- Beheading
- Bending, injury in
- Bends see Air, pressure, change
- Bite, bitten by
- Blast in war operations see War operations, blast
- Blizzard
- Blood alcohol level
- Blow
- Blowing up see Explosion
- Brawl
- Breakage
- Broken
- Bumping against, into
- Burn, burned, burning
- Butted by animal
C
- Caisson disease see Air, pressure, change
- Campfire
- Capital punishment see Legal, intervention
- Car sickness
- Casualty NEC
- Cat
- Cataclysm, cataclysmic NEC see Forces of nature
- Catching fire see Exposure, fire
- Caught
- Cave-in caused by cataclysmic earth surface movement or eruption see Landslide
- Change in air pressure see Air, pressure, change
- Choked, choking
- Civil insurrection see War operations
- Cloudburst
- Cold, exposure to NEC see Exposure, cold
- Collapse
- Collision NEC
- Combustion, spontaneous see Ignition
- Complication of or following
- Compression
- Conflagration see Exposure, fire, uncontrolled
- Constriction
- Contact
- Coup de soleil
- Crash
- Cruelty
- Crushed
- Cut, cutting
- Cyclone
D
- Decapitation NEC
- Dehydration from lack of water
- Deprivation
- Derailment
- Descent
- Desertion
- Destitution
- Disability, late effect or sequela of injury see Sequelae
- Discharge
- Disease
- Diver's disease, palsy, paralysis, squeeze see Air, pressure
- Diving see Accident, diving
- Dog bite
- Dragged by transport vehicle NEC
- Drinking poison see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
- Dropped while being carried or supported by other person
- Drowning
E
- Earth movement NEC see Forces of nature, earth movement
- Earth falling
- Earthquake
- Effect of
- Electric shock see Exposure, electric current
- Electrocution see Exposure, electric current
- Entanglement
- Entry of foreign body or material see Foreign body
- Environmental pollution related condition
- Execution, legal see Legal, intervention
- Exhaustion
- Explosion
- Exposure
- External cause status
F
- Factors, supplemental
- Failure
- Fall, falling
- Fallen on by
- Felo-de-se see Suicide
- Fight see Assault, fight
- Fire see Exposure, fire
- Firearm discharge see Discharge, firearm
- Fireball effects from nuclear explosion in war operations see War operations, nuclear weapons
- Fireworks
- Flash burns from explosion see Explosion
- Flood
- Food in
- Forces of nature
- Foreign body
- Forest fire see Exposure, fire, uncontrolled, not in building
- Found injured
- Fracture
- Freezing see Exposure, cold
- Frostbite
- Frozen see Exposure, cold
G
H
- Hailstones, injured by
- Hanged herself or himself
- Hanging
- Heat
- Hemorrhage
- High
- Hit, hitting by see Struck by
- Hitting against see Striking against
- Homicide see Assault
- Hot
- House fire see Exposure, fire, uncontrolled, building
- Humidity, causing problem
- Hunger
- Hurricane
- Hypobarism, hypobaropathy see Air, pressure, low
I
- Ictus
- Ignition
- Immersion
- Implantation of quills of porcupine
- Inanition
- Inappropriate operation performed
- Inattention after, at birth
- Incident, adverse
- Incineration see Exposure, fire
- Infanticide see Assault
- Infrasound waves
- Ingestion
- Inhalation
- Injury, injured) NOS
- Insolation, effects
- Insufficient nourishment
- Interruption of respiration
- Intervention, legal see Legal intervention
- Intoxication
J
K
L
- Laceration NEC see Injury
- Lack of
- Landslide
- Late effect see Sequelae
- Legal
- Lifting
- Lightning
- Loss of control NEC see Accident, transport
- Lost at sea NOS see Drowning, due to, fall overboard
- Low
- Lying before train, vehicle or other moving object
- Lynching see Assault
M
- Malfunction
- Maltreatment see Perpetrator
- Mangled NOS
- Manhandling
- Manslaughter see Assault
- Mauled by animal NEC
- Medical procedure, complication of see Complication of or following, by specified type of procedure
- Melting
- Mental cruelty
- Military operations
- Misadventure to patient during surgical or medical care
- Mismatched blood in transfusion
- Motion sickness
- Mountain sickness
- Mudslide see Landslide
- Murder see Assault
N
O
P
- Parachute descent
- Pecked by bird
- Perforation during medical or surgical treatment as misadventure see Index to Diseases and Injuries, Complication(s)
- Perpetrator, perpetration, of assault, maltreatment and neglect
- Piercing see Contact, with, by type of object or machine
- Pinched
- Pinned under machine see Contact, with, by type of machine
- Place of occurrence
- Plumbism see Table of Drugs and Chemicals, lead
- Poisoning
- Powder burn
- Premature cessation surgical and medical care
- Privation
- Procedure
- Prolonged
- Pulling, excessive
- Puncture, puncturing
- Pushed, pushing
R
- Radiation
- Range disease
- Rape
- Rat bite
- Reaching
- Reaction, abnormal to medical procedure
- Recoil
- Reduction in
- Rock falling on or hitting
- Run over
- Running
- Running off, away
- Rupture pressurized devices see Explosion, by type of device
S
- Saturnism see Table of Drugs and Chemicals, lead
- Scald, scalding
- Scratched by
- Seasickness
- Self-harm NEC
- Self-inflicted NEC
- Sequelae
- Shock
- Shooting, shot)
- Shoving by other person see Pushed, by other person
- Sickness
- Sinking
- Siriasis
- Sitting
- Slashed wrists see Cut, self-inflicted
- Slipping
- Sliver, wood, contact with
- Smoldering see Exposure, fire
- Sodomy by force
- Sound waves
- Splinter, contact with
- Stab, stabbing see Cut
- Standing
- Starvation
- Status of external cause
- Stepped on
- Stepping on
- Sting
- Storm see Forces of nature, cataclysmic storm
- Straining, excessive
- Strangling see Strangulation
- Strangulation
- Strenuous movements
- Striking against
- Struck by
- Stumbling
- Submersion see Drowning
- Suffocation
- Suicide, suicidal
- Sunstroke
- Supersonic waves
- Surgical procedure, complication of
- Swallowed, swallowing