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

X10 Contact with hot drinks, food, fats and cooking oils

All 9 codes in the X10 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

9

Can lead a claim

0

Cannot lead a claim

9

What CMS assigns to X10

None of the 9 codes is assigned a clinical group. None of the 9 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. None can lead a claim.

Every code in X10

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

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
X10.0 Contact with hot drinks
X10.0XXAContact with hot drinks, initial encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
X10.0XXDContact with hot drinks, subsequent encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
X10.0XXSContact with hot drinks, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
X10.1 Contact with hot food
X10.1XXAContact with hot food, initial encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
X10.1XXDContact with hot food, subsequent encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
X10.1XXSContact with hot food, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
X10.2 Contact with fats and cooking oils
X10.2XXAContact with fats and cooking oils, initial encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
X10.2XXDContact with fats and cooking oils, subsequent encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
X10.2XXSContact with fats and cooking oils, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone

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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