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MS-DRG 093: OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITHOUT CC/MCC

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MS-DRG 093 is other disorders of nervous system without cc/mcc, in MDC 01 (a medical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.7783, so a case here pays less than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.20 days. 786 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 091–093 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
0.7783
Geometric mean LOS
2.20
Arithmetic mean LOS
2.70
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 091–093

From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 786 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 091–093 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:

  • G89.29Other chronic pain
  • R26.89Other abnormalities of gait and mobility
  • R20.2Paresthesia of skin
  • G25.0Essential tremor
  • R26.9Unspecified abnormalities of gait and mobility
  • G89.4Chronic pain syndrome
  • R20.0Anesthesia of skin
  • G95.9Disease of spinal cord, unspecified
  • R25.1Tremor, unspecified
  • R26.81Unsteadiness on feet
  • R29.6Repeated falls
  • R25.2Cramp and spasm
  • R27.8Other lack of coordination
  • G80.9Cerebral palsy, unspecified
  • I67.1Cerebral aneurysm, nonruptured
  • G72.0Drug-induced myopathy
  • G90.APostural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome [POTS]
  • R29.818Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous system
  • R47.01Aphasia
  • G14Postpolio syndrome
  • G24.01Drug induced subacute dyskinesia
  • G80.8Other cerebral palsy
  • G92.8Other toxic encephalopathy
  • G93.1Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified

762 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 093.

091OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH MCC1.7046+0.9263
092OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH CC1.0239+0.2456
093OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITHOUT CC/MCC0.7783

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 01

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027