MCMedicalCodingSoftware
149

MS-DRG 149: DYSEQUILIBRIUM

DRGMedicalMDC 03

MS-DRG 149 is dysequilibrium, in MDC 03 (a medical DRG). Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.7527, so a case here pays less than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 1.90 days. 51 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRG 149 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
0.7527
Geometric mean LOS
1.90
Arithmetic mean LOS
2.40
Post-acute transfer
No

Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRG 149

From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 51 ICD-10-CM codes route here. The 24 most-searched:

  • R42Dizziness and giddiness
  • H81.10Benign paroxysmal vertigo, unspecified ear
  • H81.13Benign paroxysmal vertigo, bilateral
  • H81.11Benign paroxysmal vertigo, right ear
  • H81.4Vertigo of central origin
  • H81.12Benign paroxysmal vertigo, left ear
  • H81.399Other peripheral vertigo, unspecified ear
  • H81.90Unspecified disorder of vestibular function, unspecified ear
  • H81.01Meniere's disease, right ear
  • H81.09Meniere's disease, unspecified ear
  • H81.312Aural vertigo, left ear
  • H81.392Other peripheral vertigo, left ear
  • H81.02Meniere's disease, left ear
  • H81.03Meniere's disease, bilateral
  • H81.20Vestibular neuronitis, unspecified ear
  • H81.21Vestibular neuronitis, right ear
  • H81.22Vestibular neuronitis, left ear
  • H81.23Vestibular neuronitis, bilateral
  • H81.311Aural vertigo, right ear
  • H81.313Aural vertigo, bilateral
  • H81.319Aural vertigo, unspecified ear
  • H81.391Other peripheral vertigo, right ear
  • H81.393Other peripheral vertigo, bilateral
  • H81.8X1Other disorders of vestibular function, right ear

27 more codes group here. Open any code above for its full hierarchy, or check a whole claim in the free DRG calculator.

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 03

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027