ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
B65-B83 — Helminthiases
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.
Codes in range
85
No clinical group
2
A period cannot be grouped from these.
Barred as primary
0
CMS rejects these in the primary position.
Where these codes group
82 of the 85 codes in B65-B83 group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases, but the range is not uniform — it spreads across 2 clinical groups. A further 2 are assigned no clinical group at all, which means a 30-day period cannot be grouped from them.
Code families in B65-B83
One page per three-character family: every code in it, whether it can lead a claim, its clinical group and comorbidity subgroup.
- B65Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis]6 codes
- B66Other fluke infections8 codes
- B67Echinococcosis14 codes
- B68Taeniasis3 codes
- B69Cysticercosis5 codes
- B70Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosis2 codes
- B71Other cestode infections4 codes
- B72Dracunculiasis1 code
- B73Onchocerciasis5 codes
- B74Filariasis7 codes
- B75Trichinellosis1 code
- B76Hookworm diseases4 codes
- B77Ascariasis4 codes
- B78Strongyloidiasis4 codes
- B79Trichuriasis1 code
- B80Enterobiasis1 code
- B81Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified6 codes
- B82Unspecified intestinal parasitism2 codes
- B83Other helminthiases7 codes
Every code in B65-B83
Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.
| Code | Description | Clinical group | Primary position |
|---|---|---|---|
| B650 | Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobium | K | Can lead a claim |
| B651 | Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni | K | Can lead a claim |
| B652 | Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma japonicum | K | Can lead a claim |
| B653 | Cercarial dermatitis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B658 | Other schistosomiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B659 | Schistosomiasis, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B660 | Opisthorchiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B661 | Clonorchiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B662 | Dicroceliasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B663 | Fascioliasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B664 | Paragonimiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B665 | Fasciolopsiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B668 | Other specified fluke infections | K | Can lead a claim |
| B669 | Fluke infection, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B670 | Echinococcus granulosus infection of liver | K | Can lead a claim |
| B671 | Echinococcus granulosus infection of lung | K | Can lead a claim |
| B672 | Echinococcus granulosus infection of bone | K | Can lead a claim |
| B6731 | Echinococcus granulosus infection, thyroid gland | K | Can lead a claim |
| B6732 | Echinococcus granulosus infection, multiple sites | K | Can lead a claim |
| B6739 | Echinococcus granulosus infection, other sites | K | Can lead a claim |
| B674 | Echinococcus granulosus infection, unspecified | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| B675 | Echinococcus multilocularis infection of liver | K | Can lead a claim |
| B6761 | Echinococcus multilocularis infection, multiple sites | K | Can lead a claim |
| B6769 | Echinococcus multilocularis infection, other sites | K | Can lead a claim |
| B677 | Echinococcus multilocularis infection, unspecified | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| B678 | Echinococcosis, unspecified, of liver | K | Can lead a claim |
| B6790 | Echinococcosis, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B6799 | Other echinococcosis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B680 | Taenia solium taeniasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B681 | Taenia saginata taeniasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B689 | Taeniasis, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B690 | Cysticercosis of central nervous system | B | Can lead a claim |
| B691 | Cysticercosis of eye | K | Can lead a claim |
| B6981 | Myositis in cysticercosis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B6989 | Cysticercosis of other sites | K | Can lead a claim |
| B699 | Cysticercosis, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B700 | Diphyllobothriasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B701 | Sparganosis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B710 | Hymenolepiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B711 | Dipylidiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B718 | Other specified cestode infections | K | Can lead a claim |
| B719 | Cestode infection, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B72 | Dracunculiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B7300 | Onchocerciasis with eye involvement, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B7301 | Onchocerciasis with endophthalmitis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B7302 | Onchocerciasis with glaucoma | K | Can lead a claim |
| B7309 | Onchocerciasis with other eye involvement | K | Can lead a claim |
| B731 | Onchocerciasis without eye disease | K | Can lead a claim |
| B740 | Filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti | K | Can lead a claim |
| B741 | Filariasis due to Brugia malayi | K | Can lead a claim |
| B742 | Filariasis due to Brugia timori | K | Can lead a claim |
| B743 | Loiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B744 | Mansonelliasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B748 | Other filariases | K | Can lead a claim |
| B749 | Filariasis, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B75 | Trichinellosis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B760 | Ancylostomiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B761 | Necatoriasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B768 | Other hookworm diseases | K | Can lead a claim |
| B769 | Hookworm disease, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B770 | Ascariasis with intestinal complications | K | Can lead a claim |
| B7781 | Ascariasis pneumonia | K | Can lead a claim |
| B7789 | Ascariasis with other complications | K | Can lead a claim |
| B779 | Ascariasis, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B780 | Intestinal strongyloidiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B781 | Cutaneous strongyloidiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B787 | Disseminated strongyloidiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B789 | Strongyloidiasis, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B79 | Trichuriasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B80 | Enterobiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B810 | Anisakiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B811 | Intestinal capillariasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B812 | Trichostrongyliasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B813 | Intestinal angiostrongyliasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B814 | Mixed intestinal helminthiases | K | Can lead a claim |
| B818 | Other specified intestinal helminthiases | K | Can lead a claim |
| B820 | Intestinal helminthiasis, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B829 | Intestinal parasitism, unspecified | K | Can lead a claim |
| B830 | Visceral larva migrans | K | Can lead a claim |
| B831 | Gnathostomiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B832 | Angiostrongyliasis due to Parastrongylus cantonensis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B833 | Syngamiasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B834 | Internal hirudiniasis | K | Can lead a claim |
| B838 | Other specified helminthiases | K | Can lead a claim |
| B839 | Helminthiasis, unspecified | K | Can 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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