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.

See what changed

ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

A66 Yaws

All 10 codes in the A66 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

10

Can lead a claim

10

Cannot lead a claim

0

What CMS assigns to A66

All 10 codes group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases. None of the 10 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. Every code can lead a claim.

Every code in A66

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

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
A66.0Initial lesions of yawsCan lead a claimKNone
A66.1Multiple papillomata and wet crab yawsCan lead a claimKNone
A66.2Other early skin lesions of yawsCan lead a claimKNone
A66.3Hyperkeratosis of yawsCan lead a claimKNone
A66.4Gummata and ulcers of yawsCan lead a claimKNone
A66.5GangosaCan lead a claimKNone
A66.6Bone and joint lesions of yawsCan lead a claimKNone
A66.7Other manifestations of yawsCan lead a claimKNone
A66.8Latent yawsCan lead a claimKNone
A66.9Yaws, unspecifiedCan 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.

The monthly home health regs digest

What CMS changed, what's due next, and what to do about it — one email a month, no fluff. Read the first issue