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ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

D53 Other nutritional anemias

All 5 codes in the D53 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

5

Can lead a claim

5

Cannot lead a claim

0

What CMS assigns to D53

All 5 codes group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases. All 5 count toward the Nutritional, Enzymatic, and Other Heredity Anemias comorbidity subgroup. Every code can lead a claim.

  • Nutritional, Enzymatic, and Other Heredity Anemias: counts toward the high comorbidity tier only in an interaction pair.

Every code in D53

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

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
D53.0Protein deficiency anemiaCan lead a claimKNutritional, Enzymatic, and Other Heredity Anemias
D53.1Other megaloblastic anemias, not elsewhere classifiedCan lead a claimKNutritional, Enzymatic, and Other Heredity Anemias
D53.2Scorbutic anemiaCan lead a claimKNutritional, Enzymatic, and Other Heredity Anemias
D53.8Other specified nutritional anemiasCan lead a claimKNutritional, Enzymatic, and Other Heredity Anemias
D53.9Nutritional anemia, unspecifiedCan lead a claimKNutritional, Enzymatic, and Other Heredity Anemias

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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