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

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.

ICD-10-CM FY2027 · CMS grouper 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.

Every code in B65-B83

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

CodeDescriptionClinical groupPrimary position
B650Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobiumKCan lead a claim
B651Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoniKCan lead a claim
B652Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma japonicumKCan lead a claim
B653Cercarial dermatitisKCan lead a claim
B658Other schistosomiasisKCan lead a claim
B659Schistosomiasis, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B660OpisthorchiasisKCan lead a claim
B661ClonorchiasisKCan lead a claim
B662DicroceliasisKCan lead a claim
B663FascioliasisKCan lead a claim
B664ParagonimiasisKCan lead a claim
B665FasciolopsiasisKCan lead a claim
B668Other specified fluke infectionsKCan lead a claim
B669Fluke infection, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B670Echinococcus granulosus infection of liverKCan lead a claim
B671Echinococcus granulosus infection of lungKCan lead a claim
B672Echinococcus granulosus infection of boneKCan lead a claim
B6731Echinococcus granulosus infection, thyroid glandKCan lead a claim
B6732Echinococcus granulosus infection, multiple sitesKCan lead a claim
B6739Echinococcus granulosus infection, other sitesKCan lead a claim
B674Echinococcus granulosus infection, unspecifiedNoneCannot lead a claim
B675Echinococcus multilocularis infection of liverKCan lead a claim
B6761Echinococcus multilocularis infection, multiple sitesKCan lead a claim
B6769Echinococcus multilocularis infection, other sitesKCan lead a claim
B677Echinococcus multilocularis infection, unspecifiedNoneCannot lead a claim
B678Echinococcosis, unspecified, of liverKCan lead a claim
B6790Echinococcosis, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B6799Other echinococcosisKCan lead a claim
B680Taenia solium taeniasisKCan lead a claim
B681Taenia saginata taeniasisKCan lead a claim
B689Taeniasis, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B690Cysticercosis of central nervous systemBCan lead a claim
B691Cysticercosis of eyeKCan lead a claim
B6981Myositis in cysticercosisKCan lead a claim
B6989Cysticercosis of other sitesKCan lead a claim
B699Cysticercosis, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B700DiphyllobothriasisKCan lead a claim
B701SparganosisKCan lead a claim
B710HymenolepiasisKCan lead a claim
B711DipylidiasisKCan lead a claim
B718Other specified cestode infectionsKCan lead a claim
B719Cestode infection, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B72DracunculiasisKCan lead a claim
B7300Onchocerciasis with eye involvement, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B7301Onchocerciasis with endophthalmitisKCan lead a claim
B7302Onchocerciasis with glaucomaKCan lead a claim
B7309Onchocerciasis with other eye involvementKCan lead a claim
B731Onchocerciasis without eye diseaseKCan lead a claim
B740Filariasis due to Wuchereria bancroftiKCan lead a claim
B741Filariasis due to Brugia malayiKCan lead a claim
B742Filariasis due to Brugia timoriKCan lead a claim
B743LoiasisKCan lead a claim
B744MansonelliasisKCan lead a claim
B748Other filariasesKCan lead a claim
B749Filariasis, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B75TrichinellosisKCan lead a claim
B760AncylostomiasisKCan lead a claim
B761NecatoriasisKCan lead a claim
B768Other hookworm diseasesKCan lead a claim
B769Hookworm disease, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B770Ascariasis with intestinal complicationsKCan lead a claim
B7781Ascariasis pneumoniaKCan lead a claim
B7789Ascariasis with other complicationsKCan lead a claim
B779Ascariasis, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B780Intestinal strongyloidiasisKCan lead a claim
B781Cutaneous strongyloidiasisKCan lead a claim
B787Disseminated strongyloidiasisKCan lead a claim
B789Strongyloidiasis, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B79TrichuriasisKCan lead a claim
B80EnterobiasisKCan lead a claim
B810AnisakiasisKCan lead a claim
B811Intestinal capillariasisKCan lead a claim
B812TrichostrongyliasisKCan lead a claim
B813Intestinal angiostrongyliasisKCan lead a claim
B814Mixed intestinal helminthiasesKCan lead a claim
B818Other specified intestinal helminthiasesKCan lead a claim
B820Intestinal helminthiasis, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B829Intestinal parasitism, unspecifiedKCan lead a claim
B830Visceral larva migransKCan lead a claim
B831GnathostomiasisKCan lead a claim
B832Angiostrongyliasis due to Parastrongylus cantonensisKCan lead a claim
B833SyngamiasisKCan lead a claim
B834Internal hirudiniasisKCan lead a claim
B838Other specified helminthiasesKCan lead a claim
B839Helminthiasis, 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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