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

I73 Other peripheral vascular diseases

All 6 codes in the I73 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

6

Can lead a claim

6

Cannot lead a claim

0

What CMS assigns to I73

All 6 codes group to MMTA - Cardiac and Circulatory (5) and Wound (1). 1 of the 6 counts toward the Atherosclerosis, includes Peripheral Vascular Disease, Aortic Aneurysms and Hypotension comorbidity subgroup; 5 are assigned none. Every code can lead a claim.

  • Atherosclerosis, includes Peripheral Vascular Disease, Aortic Aneurysms and Hypotension: counts toward the high comorbidity tier only in an interaction pair.

Every code in I73

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

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
I73.0 Raynaud's syndrome
I73.00Raynaud's syndrome without gangreneCan lead a claimHNone
I73.01Raynaud's syndrome with gangreneCan lead a claimCNone
I73.1Thromboangiitis obliterans [Buerger's disease]Can lead a claimHNone
I73.8 Other specified peripheral vascular diseases
I73.81ErythromelalgiaCan lead a claimHNone
I73.89Other specified peripheral vascular diseasesCan lead a claimHNone
I73.9Peripheral vascular disease, unspecifiedCan lead a claimHAtherosclerosis, includes Peripheral Vascular Disease, Aortic Aneurysms and Hypotension

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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