137
MS-DRG 137: MOUTH PROCEDURES WITH CC/MCC
DRGSurgicalMDC 03
MS-DRG 137 is mouth procedures with cc/mcc, in MDC 03 (a surgical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.3439, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.10 days.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.3439
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.10
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 4.10
- Post-acute transfer
- No
CMS caps year-over-year weight decreases at 10%. Before the cap this DRG weighs 1.2506; the capped weight above is the one used for payment. 41 DRGs differ this way in FY2027.
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 137.
| 137 | MOUTH PROCEDURES WITH CC/MCC | 1.3439 | |
| 138 | MOUTH PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 0.9188 | -0.4251 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 03