MS-DRG 041: PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH CC OR PERIPHERAL NEUROSTIMULATOR

DRGSurgicalMDC 01

MS-DRG 041 is peripheral, cranial nerve and other nervous system procedures with cc or peripheral neurostimulator, in MDC 01 (a surgical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 2.1796, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.70 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight: 2.1796
Geometric mean LOS: 3.70
Arithmetic mean LOS: 4.80
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 041.

040	PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH MCC	3.7174	+1.5378
041	PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH CC OR PERIPHERAL NEUROSTIMULATOR	2.1796
042	PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC	1.6764	-0.5032

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 01