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MS-DRG 081: NONTRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA WITHOUT MCC

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MS-DRG 081 is nontraumatic stupor and coma without mcc, in MDC 01 (a medical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.8060, so a case here pays less than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.80 days. 44 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 080–081 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
0.8060
Geometric mean LOS
2.80
Arithmetic mean LOS
3.50
Post-acute transfer
No

CMS caps year-over-year weight decreases at 10%. Before the cap this DRG weighs 0.7945; the capped weight above is the one used for payment. 41 DRGs differ this way in FY2027.

Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 080–081

From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 44 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 080–081 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:

  • R40.0Somnolence
  • G93.5Compression of brain
  • R40.20Unspecified coma
  • G93.6Cerebral edema
  • R40.1Stupor
  • R40.3Persistent vegetative state
  • E03.5Myxedema coma
  • G93.82Brain death
  • R40.2110Coma scale, eyes open, never, unspecified time
  • R40.2111Coma scale, eyes open, never, in the field [EMT or ambulance]
  • R40.2112Coma scale, eyes open, never, at arrival to emergency department
  • R40.2113Coma scale, eyes open, never, at hospital admission
  • R40.2114Coma scale, eyes open, never, 24 hours or more after hospital admission
  • R40.2120Coma scale, eyes open, to pain, unspecified time
  • R40.2121Coma scale, eyes open, to pain, in the field [EMT or ambulance]
  • R40.2122Coma scale, eyes open, to pain, at arrival to emergency department
  • R40.2123Coma scale, eyes open, to pain, at hospital admission
  • R40.2124Coma scale, eyes open, to pain, 24 hours or more after hospital admission
  • R40.2210Coma scale, best verbal response, none, unspecified time
  • R40.2211Coma scale, best verbal response, none, in the field [EMT or ambulance]
  • R40.2212Coma scale, best verbal response, none, at arrival to emergency department
  • R40.2213Coma scale, best verbal response, none, at hospital admission
  • R40.2214Coma scale, best verbal response, none, 24 hours or more after hospital admission
  • R40.2220Coma scale, best verbal response, incomprehensible words, unspecified time

20 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 081.

080NONTRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA WITH MCC1.7472+0.9412
081NONTRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA WITHOUT MCC0.8060

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 01

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027