ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
I12 Hypertensive chronic kidney disease
All 2 codes in the I12 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.
Codes in family
2
Can lead a claim
2
Cannot lead a claim
0
What CMS assigns to I12
All 2 codes group to MMTA - Cardiac and Circulatory. All 2 count toward the Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease comorbidity subgroup. Every code can lead a claim.
- Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease: counts toward the high comorbidity tier only in an interaction pair.
Every code in I12
Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.
| Code | Description | Primary position | Clinical group | Comorbidity subgroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I12.0 | Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 5 chronic kidney disease or end stage renal diseaseCMS: Hyp chr kidney disease w stage 5 chr kidney disease or ESRD | Can lead a claim | H | Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease |
| I12.9 | Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 1 through stage 4 chronic kidney disease, or unspecified chronic kidney diseaseCMS: Hypertensive chronic kidney disease w stg 1-4/unsp chr kdny | Can lead a claim | H | Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease |
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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