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MS-DRG 025: CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC
DRGSurgicalMDC 01
MS-DRG 025 is craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with mcc, in MDC 01 (a surgical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 4.6118, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 6.20 days.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 4.6118
- Geometric mean LOS
- 6.20
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 8.50
- 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.
The severity splits
Same base DRG, split by whether a secondary diagnosis is a CC or MCC. The last column is the weight change from MS-DRG 025.
| 025 | CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 4.6118 | |
| 026 | CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 3.1913 | -1.4205 |
| 027 | CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 2.6339 | -1.9779 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 01