023
MS-DRG 023 — CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC OR ANTINEOPLASTIC IMPLANT OR EPILEPSY WITH NEUROSTIMULATOR
DRGSurgicalMDC 01
FY2026 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 5.7303
- Geometric mean LOS
- 7.10
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 10.00
- Post-acute transfer
- Yes
This DRG is subject to the post-acute care transfer policy: a discharge to a qualifying setting below the mean length of stay is paid per diem rather than in full.
Other DRGs in MDC 01
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.
- 020INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC7.8688
- 021INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITH CC5.2938
- 022INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITHOUT CC/MCC3.1774
- 024CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MCC3.9119
- 025CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC4.5467
- 026CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC3.1092
- 027CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC2.5229
- 028SPINAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC6.0083
- 029SPINAL PROCEDURES WITH CC OR SPINAL NEUROSTIMULATORS3.4116
- 030SPINAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC2.1952
- 031VENTRICULAR SHUNT PROCEDURES WITH MCC4.4805
- 032VENTRICULAR SHUNT PROCEDURES WITH CC2.1310
- 033VENTRICULAR SHUNT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.6629
- 034CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITH MCC3.8707
- 035CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITH CC2.3905
- 036CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.9428
- 037EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC3.2921
- 038EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC1.6226
- 039EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.1755
- 040PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH MCC3.8612
- 041PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH CC OR PERIPHERAL NEUROSTIMULATOR2.1987
- 042PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.7277
- 052SPINAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES WITH CC/MCC1.8113
- 053SPINAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC0.9792
- 054NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS WITH MCC1.5269
- 055NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS WITHOUT MCC1.0196
- 056DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITH MCC2.3231
- 057DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC1.2956
- 058MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITH MCC1.7095
- 059MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITH CC1.2409
- 060MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITHOUT CC/MCC0.9198
- 061ISCHEMIC STROKE, PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT WITH MCC2.7571
- 062ISCHEMIC STROKE, PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT WITH CC1.7572
- 063ISCHEMIC STROKE, PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT WITHOUT CC/MCC1.4038
- 064INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC2.0110
- 065INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS1.0103
- 066INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC0.6844
- 067PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION WITHOUT INFARCTION WITH MCC1.4687
- 068PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION WITHOUT INFARCTION WITHOUT MCC0.8644
- 069TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC0.7988