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MS-DRG 142: MAJOR HEAD AND NECK PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 03

MS-DRG 142 is major head and neck procedures without cc/mcc, in MDC 03 (a surgical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.7045, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 1.90 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
1.7045
Geometric mean LOS
1.90
Arithmetic mean LOS
2.40
Post-acute transfer
No

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 142.

140MAJOR HEAD AND NECK PROCEDURES WITH MCC4.3117+2.6072
141MAJOR HEAD AND NECK PROCEDURES WITH CC2.2351+0.5306
142MAJOR HEAD AND NECK PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.7045

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 03

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027