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

B40 Blastomycosis

All 8 codes in the B40 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

8

Can lead a claim

8

Cannot lead a claim

0

What CMS assigns to B40

All 8 codes group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases (7) and Neuro Rehabilitation (1). None of the 8 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. Every code can lead a claim.

Every code in B40

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

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
B40.0Acute pulmonary blastomycosisCan lead a claimKNone
B40.1Chronic pulmonary blastomycosisCan lead a claimKNone
B40.2Pulmonary blastomycosis, unspecifiedCan lead a claimKNone
B40.3Cutaneous blastomycosisCan lead a claimKNone
B40.7Disseminated blastomycosisCan lead a claimKNone
B40.8 Other forms of blastomycosis
B40.81Blastomycotic meningoencephalitisCan lead a claimBNone
B40.89Other forms of blastomycosisCan lead a claimKNone
B40.9Blastomycosis, 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.

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