K · MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases
One of the twelve PDGM clinical groups. CMS maps 2747 ICD-10-CM codes to it in grouper v07.2.26.
Group K
ICD-10-CM codes
2,747
Across 52 ICD-10-CM ranges, in grouper v07.2.26.
Functional bands
≤32 · 33–46 · 47+
OASIS points for low, medium and high functional impairment in this group.
LUPA thresholds
2 to 3 visits
Across the group’s 36 case-mix codes. Fewer visits than the threshold pays per visit.
Every HIPPS code in group K, with its LUPA threshold
1 · Community, Early
2 · Institutional, Early
3 · Community, Late
ICD-10-CM ranges that feed this group
- C81-C96Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue533
- D10-D36Benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors186
- A50-A64Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission121
- T80-T88Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified120
- C43-C44Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin112
- A30-A49Other bacterial diseases100
- B35-B49Mycoses100
- D37-D48Neoplasms of uncertain behavior, polycythemia vera and myelodysplastic syndromes93
- B65-B83Helminthiases82
- D00-D09In situ neoplasms80
- A00-A09Intestinal infectious diseases76
- D55-D59Hemolytic anemias72
- D80-D89Certain disorders involving the immune mechanism70
- B00-B09Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions66
- C15-C26Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs60
- C00-C14Malignant neoplasms59
- D70-D77Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs56
- B50-B64Protozoal diseases52
- C76-C80Malignant neoplasms of ill-defined, other secondary and unspecified sites46
- A20-A28Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases44
- C45-C49Malignant neoplasms of mesothelial and soft tissue43
- B25-B34Other viral diseases42
- D65-D69Coagulation defects, purpura and other hemorrhagic conditions40
- A15-A19Tuberculosis39
- C50-C50Malignant neoplasms of breast38
- C30-C39Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs34
- A90-A99Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral hemorrhagic fevers32
- C51-C58Malignant neoplasms of female genital organs31
- A65-A69Other spirochetal diseases27
- D60-D64Aplastic and other anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes25
- B15-B19Viral hepatitis23
- C7A-C7AMalignant neuroendocrine tumors22
- A75-A79Rickettsioses21
- D3A-D3ABenign neuroendocrine tumors21
- B85-B89Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations20
- C60-C63Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs19
- C64-C68Malignant neoplasms of urinary tract19
- C69-C72Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain and other parts of central nervous system19
- D50-D53Nutritional anemias19
- C40-C41Malignant neoplasms of bone and articular cartilage18
- C73-C75Malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands16
- D78-D78Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen12
- D49-D49Neoplasms of unspecified behavior10
- A70-A74Other diseases caused by chlamydiae8
- C7B-C7BSecondary neuroendocrine tumors7
- A80-A89Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system6
- B10-B10Other human herpesviruses3
- B20-B20Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease1
- E70-E88Metabolic disorders1
- J40-J4BChronic lower respiratory diseases1
- O85-O92Complications predominantly related to the puerperium1
- Z20-Z29Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases1
What lands a period in this group
The clinical group is set by the principal diagnosis on the claim, and it is one of the five things that decide a 30-day period’s case-mix group, alongside admission source, timing, functional impairment level and comorbidity adjustment. CMS maps 2747 ICD-10-CM codes to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases, spread across 52 ICD-10-CM ranges.
Those ranges are not always the ones you would expect from the chapter. Cerebrovascular disease sits in the circulatory chapter alongside heart failure, but CMS groups strokes as neurological rehabilitation, which is why the chapter a code lives in is a poor guide to how it pays.
The other eleven groups
Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26 for the codes and bands, read from the CMS table, not transcribed; CMS’s CY2026 case-mix weights and LUPA thresholds file for the thresholds. Not certified, endorsed or approved by CMS.
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