144
MS-DRG 144: OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC
DRGSurgicalMDC 03
MS-DRG 144 is other ear, nose, mouth and throat o.r. procedures with cc, in MDC 03 (a surgical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.7834, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.80 days.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.7834
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.80
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 3.90
- 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 144.
| 143 | OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 3.8517 | +2.0683 |
| 144 | OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC | 1.7834 | |
| 145 | OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT O.R. PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 1.2340 | -0.5494 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 03