October 1 update. Our PDGM and ICD-10 tools now use the FY2027 code set: 190 codes added, 30 deleted, and no existing code changed clinical group.

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ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

A08 Viral and other specified intestinal infections

All 9 codes in the A08 family, with the PDGM clinical group, comorbidity subgroup and primary-position rule CMS assigns, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26 and the CDC FY2027 code file.

ICD-10-CM FY2027 · CMS grouper v07.2.26

Codes in family

9

Can lead a claim

9

Cannot lead a claim

0

What CMS assigns to A08

All 9 codes group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases. None of the 9 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. Every code can lead a claim.

Every code in A08

Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
A08.0Rotaviral enteritisCan lead a claimKNone
A08.1 Acute gastroenteropathy due to Norwalk agent and other small round viruses
A08.11Acute gastroenteropathy due to Norwalk agentCan lead a claimKNone
A08.19Acute gastroenteropathy due to other small round virusesCan lead a claimKNone
A08.2Adenoviral enteritisCan lead a claimKNone
A08.3 Other viral enteritis
A08.31Calicivirus enteritisCan lead a claimKNone
A08.32Astrovirus enteritisCan lead a claimKNone
A08.39Other viral enteritisCan lead a claimKNone
A08.4Viral intestinal infection, unspecifiedCan lead a claimKNone
A08.8Other specified intestinal infectionsCan lead a claimKNone

Sources: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01, for the clinical group, comorbidity subgroup, code-first conventions and primary-position flags; CDC NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 code descriptions for the family title and code wording. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.

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