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MS-DRG 038: EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC
DRGSurgicalMDC 01
MS-DRG 038 is extracranial procedures with cc, in MDC 01 (a surgical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.6296, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 1.80 days.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.6296
- Geometric mean LOS
- 1.80
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 2.60
- Post-acute transfer
- No
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 038.
| 037 | EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 3.4235 | +1.7939 |
| 038 | EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 1.6296 | |
| 039 | EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 1.1850 | -0.4446 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 01