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

B67 Echinococcosis

All 14 codes in the B67 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

14

Can lead a claim

12

Cannot lead a claim

2

What CMS assigns to B67

12 of the 14 codes group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases; 2 are assigned no clinical group. None of the 14 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. 12 of the 14 can lead a claim.

Every code in B67

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

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
B67.0Echinococcus granulosus infection of liverCan lead a claimKNone
B67.1Echinococcus granulosus infection of lungCan lead a claimKNone
B67.2Echinococcus granulosus infection of boneCan lead a claimKNone
B67.3 Echinococcus granulosus infection, other and multiple sites
B67.31Echinococcus granulosus infection, thyroid glandCan lead a claimKNone
B67.32Echinococcus granulosus infection, multiple sitesCan lead a claimKNone
B67.39Echinococcus granulosus infection, other sitesCan lead a claimKNone
B67.4Echinococcus granulosus infection, unspecifiedCannot lead a claimPrincipal diagnosis not assigned to a clinical groupNoneNone
B67.5Echinococcus multilocularis infection of liverCan lead a claimKNone
B67.6 Echinococcus multilocularis infection, other and multiple sites
B67.61Echinococcus multilocularis infection, multiple sitesCan lead a claimKNone
B67.69Echinococcus multilocularis infection, other sitesCan lead a claimKNone
B67.7Echinococcus multilocularis infection, unspecifiedCannot lead a claimPrincipal diagnosis not assigned to a clinical groupNoneNone
B67.8Echinococcosis, unspecified, of liverCan lead a claimKNone
B67.9 Echinococcosis, other and unspecified
B67.90Echinococcosis, unspecifiedCan lead a claimKNone
B67.99Other echinococcosisCan 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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