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

J09-J18 — Influenza and pneumonia

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

53

No clinical group

2

A period cannot be grouped from these.

Barred as primary

1

CMS rejects these in the primary position.

Where these codes group

47 of the 53 codes in J09-J18 group to MMTA - Respiratory, 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 J09-J18

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 J09-J18

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

CodeDescriptionClinical groupPrimary position
J09X1Influenza due to ident novel influenza A virus w pneumoniaLCan lead a claim
J09X2Flu due to ident novel influenza A virus w oth resp manifestLCan lead a claim
J09X3Influenza due to ident novel influenza A virus w GI manifestLCan lead a claim
J09X9Flu due to ident novel influenza A virus w oth manifestLCan lead a claim
J1000Flu due to oth ident flu virus w unsp type of pneumoniaLCan lead a claim
J1001Flu due to oth ident flu virus w same oth ident flu virus pnLCan lead a claim
J1008Influenza due to oth ident influenza virus w oth pneumoniaLCan lead a claim
J101Flu due to oth ident influenza virus w oth resp manifestLCan lead a claim
J102Influenza due to oth ident influenza virus w GI manifestLCan lead a claim
J1081Influenza due to oth ident influenza virus w encephalopathyLCan lead a claim
J1082Influenza due to oth ident influenza virus w myocarditisACan lead a claim
J1083Influenza due to oth ident influenza virus w otitis mediaACan lead a claim
J1089Influenza due to oth ident influenza virus w oth manifestLCan lead a claim
J1100Flu due to unidentified flu virus w unsp type of pneumoniaLCan lead a claim
J1108Flu due to unidentified flu virus w specified pneumoniaLCan lead a claim
J111Flu due to unidentified influenza virus w oth resp manifestLCan lead a claim
J112Influenza due to unidentified influenza virus w GI manifestLCan lead a claim
J1181Flu due to unidentified influenza virus w encephalopathyLCan lead a claim
J1182Influenza due to unidentified influenza virus w myocarditisACan lead a claim
J1183Influenza due to unidentified influenza virus w otitis mediaACan lead a claim
J1189Influenza due to unidentified influenza virus w oth manifestLCan lead a claim
J120Adenoviral pneumoniaLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J121Respiratory syncytial virus pneumoniaLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J122Parainfluenza virus pneumoniaLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J123Human metapneumovirus pneumoniaLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J1281Pneumonia due to SARS-associated coronavirusLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J1282Pneumonia due to coronavirus disease 2019NoneCannot lead a claim
J1289Other viral pneumoniaLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J129Viral pneumonia, unspecifiedLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J13Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniaeLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J14Pneumonia due to Hemophilus influenzaeLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J150Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniaeLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J151Pneumonia due to PseudomonasLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J1520Pneumonia due to staphylococcus, unspecifiedLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J15211Pneumonia due to methicillin suscep staphLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J15212Pneumonia due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureusLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J1529Pneumonia due to other staphylococcusLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J153Pneumonia due to streptococcus, group BLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J154Pneumonia due to other streptococciLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J155Pneumonia due to Escherichia coliLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J1561Pneumonia due to Acinetobacter baumanniiLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J1569Pneumonia due to other Gram-negative bacteriaLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J157Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniaeLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J158Pneumonia due to other specified bacteriaLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J159Unspecified bacterial pneumoniaLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J160Chlamydial pneumoniaLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J168Pneumonia due to other specified infectious organismsLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J17Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhereNoneCannot lead a claim
J180Bronchopneumonia, unspecified organismLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J181Lobar pneumonia, unspecified organismLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J182Hypostatic pneumonia, unspecified organismLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J188Other pneumonia, unspecified organismLCan lead a claim, code first applies
J189Pneumonia, unspecified organismLCan lead a claim, code first applies

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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