MS-DRG 071: OTHER CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH CC
MS-DRG 071 is other cerebrovascular disorders with cc, in MDC 01 (a medical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.0177, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.20 days. 34 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 070–072 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.0177
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.20
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 4.30
- 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.
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 070–072
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 34 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 070–072 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:
- G93.40Encephalopathy, unspecified
- G93.41Metabolic encephalopathy
- G93.89Other specified disorders of brain
- I67.9Cerebrovascular disease, unspecified
- I67.2Cerebral atherosclerosis
- G93.49Other encephalopathy
- G93.9Disorder of brain, unspecified
- G46.4Cerebellar stroke syndrome
- G98.8Other disorders of nervous system
- I68.0Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
- G45.4Transient global amnesia
- G46.3Brain stem stroke syndrome
- G96.9Disorder of central nervous system, unspecified
- I67.4Hypertensive encephalopathy
- G32.89Other specified degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere
- G46.5Pure motor lacunar syndrome
- G46.6Pure sensory lacunar syndrome
- G46.7Other lacunar syndromes
- G46.8Other vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseases
- G93.42Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts
- G93.43Leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts
- G93.44Adult-onset leukodystrophy with axonal spheroids
- G93.45Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
- G93.81Temporal sclerosis
10 more codes group here. Open any code above for its full hierarchy, or check a whole claim in the free DRG calculator.
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 071.
| 070 | OTHER CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH MCC | 1.6093 | +0.5916 |
| 071 | OTHER CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH CC | 1.0177 | |
| 072 | OTHER CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC | 0.7348 | -0.2829 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 01