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MS-DRG 145: OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT O.R. PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 03

MS-DRG 145 is other ear, nose, mouth and throat o.r. procedures without cc/mcc, in MDC 03 (a surgical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.2340, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 1.60 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
1.2340
Geometric mean LOS
1.60
Arithmetic mean LOS
2.00
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 145.

143OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC3.8517+2.6177
144OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC1.7834+0.5494
145OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT O.R. PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.2340

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 03

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027