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MS-DRG 018CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) T-CELL AND OTHER IMMUNOTHERAPIES

DRGMedicalMDC PRE

FY2026 payment factors

Relative weight
43.1828
Geometric mean LOS
12.40
Arithmetic mean LOS
14.70
Post-acute transfer
No

Other DRGs in MDC PRE

The with-MCC, with-CC and without-CC/MCC splits usually sit next to each other here. Those are what a documentation query is actually deciding between, and the weight gap between them is why the query is worth raising.

  • 001HEART TRANSPLANT OR IMPLANT OF HEART ASSIST SYSTEM WITH MCC28.0239
  • 002HEART TRANSPLANT OR IMPLANT OF HEART ASSIST SYSTEM WITHOUT MCC11.3318
  • 003ECMO OR TRACHEOSTOMY WITH MV >96 HOURS OR PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS EXCEPT FACE, MOUTH AND NECK WITH MAJOR O.R. PROCEDURES21.2252
  • 004TRACHEOSTOMY WITH MV >96 HOURS OR PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS EXCEPT FACE, MOUTH AND NECK WITHOUT MAJOR O.R. PROCEDURES13.8514
  • 005LIVER TRANSPLANT WITH MCC OR INTESTINAL TRANSPLANT10.3105
  • 006LIVER TRANSPLANT WITHOUT MCC4.6370
  • 007LUNG TRANSPLANT12.9502
  • 008SIMULTANEOUS PANCREAS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANT5.6046
  • 010PANCREAS TRANSPLANT7.1757
  • 011TRACHEOSTOMY FOR FACE, MOUTH AND NECK DIAGNOSES OR LARYNGECTOMY WITH MCC5.4541
  • 012TRACHEOSTOMY FOR FACE, MOUTH AND NECK DIAGNOSES OR LARYNGECTOMY WITH CC4.2160
  • 013TRACHEOSTOMY FOR FACE, MOUTH AND NECK DIAGNOSES OR LARYNGECTOMY WITHOUT CC/MCC2.8818
  • 014ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT12.0179
  • 016AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT WITH CC/MCC5.9297
  • 017AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT WITHOUT CC/MCC5.4323
  • 019SIMULTANEOUS PANCREAS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WITH HEMODIALYSIS7.1346
MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2026