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ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

D81 Combined immunodeficiencies

All 17 codes in the D81 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

17

Can lead a claim

17

Cannot lead a claim

0

What CMS assigns to D81

All 17 codes group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases. 2 of the 17 count toward the Other Combined Immunodeficiencies and Malnutrition, includes graft-versus-host-disease comorbidity subgroup; 15 are assigned none. Every code can lead a claim.

  • Other Combined Immunodeficiencies and Malnutrition, includes graft-versus-host-disease: can award the low comorbidity tier as a secondary diagnosis.

Every code in D81

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

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
D81.0Severe combined immunodeficiency [SCID] with reticular dysgenesisCMS: Severe combined immunodeficiency with reticular dysgenesisCan lead a claimKNone
D81.1Severe combined immunodeficiency [SCID] with low T- and B-cell numbersCMS: Severe combined immunodeficiency w low T- and B-cell numbersCan lead a claimKNone
D81.2Severe combined immunodeficiency [SCID] with low or normal B-cell numbersCMS: Severe combined immunodef w low or normal B-cell numbersCan lead a claimKNone
D81.3 Adenosine deaminase [ADA] deficiency
D81.30Adenosine deaminase deficiency, unspecifiedCan lead a claimKNone
D81.31Severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiencyCMS: Severe combined immunodef due to adenosine deaminase deficCan lead a claimKNone
D81.32Adenosine deaminase 2 deficiencyCan lead a claimKNone
D81.39Other adenosine deaminase deficiencyCan lead a claimKNone
D81.4Nezelof's syndromeCan lead a claimKNone
D81.5Purine nucleoside phosphorylase [PNP] deficiencyCan lead a claimKNone
D81.6Major histocompatibility complex class I deficiencyCan lead a claimKNone
D81.7Major histocompatibility complex class II deficiencyCan lead a claimKNone
D81.8 Other combined immunodeficiencies
D81.81 Biotin-dependent carboxylase deficiency
D81.810Biotinidase deficiencyCan lead a claimKNone
D81.818Other biotin-dependent carboxylase deficiencyCan lead a claimKOther Combined Immunodeficiencies and Malnutrition, includes graft-versus-host-disease
D81.819Biotin-dependent carboxylase deficiency, unspecifiedCan lead a claimKOther Combined Immunodeficiencies and Malnutrition, includes graft-versus-host-disease
D81.82Activated Phosphoinositide 3-kinase Delta Syndrome [APDS]Can lead a claimKNone
D81.89Other combined immunodeficienciesCan lead a claimKNone
D81.9Combined immunodeficiency, 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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