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

I1A Other hypertension

The one code in the I1A 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

1

Can lead a claim

1

Cannot lead a claim

0

What CMS assigns to I1A

This code groups to MMTA - Cardiac and Circulatory. It is assigned no comorbidity subgroup. It can lead a claim. CMS attaches a code-first note to it.

Code first

CMS grouper convention 60. Code first:

  • essential hypertension (I10)
  • secondary hypertension (I15.-)
  • specific type of existing hypertension, if known, such as:

The I1A code

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

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
I1A.0Resistant hypertensionCan lead a claim, code first appliesHNone

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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