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

A70-A74 — Other diseases caused by chlamydiae

Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26.

ICD-10-CM FY2027 · CMS grouper v07.2.26

Codes in range

8

No clinical group

0

A period cannot be grouped from these.

Barred as primary

0

CMS rejects these in the primary position.

Where these codes group

8 of the 8 codes in A70-A74 group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases. Every code here is assigned a group.

Code families in A70-A74

One page per three-character family: every code in it, whether it can lead a claim, its clinical group and comorbidity subgroup.

Every code in A70-A74

Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.

CodeDescriptionClinical groupPrimary position
A70Chlamydia psittaci infectionsKCan lead a claim
A710Initial stage of trachomaKCan lead a claim
A711Active stage of trachomaKCan lead a claim
A719Trachoma, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
A740Chlamydial conjunctivitisKCan lead a claim
A7481Chlamydial peritonitisKCan lead a claim
A7489Other chlamydial diseasesKCan lead a claim
A749Chlamydial infection, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim

Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01. 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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