MS-DRG 073: CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITH MCC
MS-DRG 073 is cranial and peripheral nerve disorders with mcc, in MDC 01 (a medical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.5779, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 4.10 days. 378 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 073–074 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.5779
- Geometric mean LOS
- 4.10
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 5.70
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 073–074
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 378 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 073–074 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:
- M54.12Radiculopathy, cervical region
- G62.9Polyneuropathy, unspecified
- E11.42Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic polyneuropathy
- G63Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
- G56.01Carpal tunnel syndrome, right upper limb
- E11.40Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathy, unspecified
- M79.2Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified
- G56.03Carpal tunnel syndrome, bilateral upper limbs
- G60.9Hereditary and idiopathic neuropathy, unspecified
- G50.0Trigeminal neuralgia
- G54.0Brachial plexus disorders
- G56.02Carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper limb
- G61.81Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis
- B02.29Other postherpetic nervous system involvement
- G56.21Lesion of ulnar nerve, right upper limb
- E11.49Type 2 diabetes mellitus with other diabetic neurological complication
- G56.00Carpal tunnel syndrome, unspecified upper limb
- G56.22Lesion of ulnar nerve, left upper limb
- G60.3Idiopathic progressive neuropathy
- G64Other disorders of peripheral nervous system
- G90.09Other idiopathic peripheral autonomic neuropathy
- E11.43Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic autonomic (poly)neuropathy
- E11.610Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathic arthropathy
- G51.0Bell's palsy
354 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 073.
| 073 | CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITH MCC | 1.5779 | |
| 074 | CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 1.0173 | -0.5606 |
Choosing the principal diagnosis: Low back pain ICD-10 codes, Type 2 diabetes ICD-10 codes.
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 01