MS-DRG 156: OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC
MS-DRG 156 is other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses without cc/mcc, in MDC 03 (a medical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.6659, so a case here pays less than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.10 days. 660 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 154–156 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 0.6659
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.10
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 2.60
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 154–156
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 660 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 154–156 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:
- G47.33Obstructive sleep apnea (adult) (pediatric)
- H90.3Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
- H91.90Unspecified hearing loss, unspecified ear
- J34.89Other specified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses
- G47.30Sleep apnea, unspecified
- J34.2Deviated nasal septum
- R09.81Nasal congestion
- H61.23Impacted cerumen, bilateral
- H91.93Unspecified hearing loss, bilateral
- R49.0Dysphonia
- H69.93Unspecified Eustachian tube disorder, bilateral
- J34.3Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates
- K11.8Other diseases of salivary glands
- H61.21Impacted cerumen, right ear
- H61.22Impacted cerumen, left ear
- H90.42Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H92.01Otalgia, right ear
- H92.09Otalgia, unspecified ear
- H93.13Tinnitus, bilateral
- H93.19Tinnitus, unspecified ear
- J33.0Polyp of nasal cavity
- J35.1Hypertrophy of tonsils
- J38.3Other diseases of vocal cords
- J39.2Other diseases of pharynx
636 more codes group here. Open any code above for its full hierarchy, or check a whole claim in the free DRG calculator.
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 156.
| 154 | OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 1.5921 | +0.9262 |
| 155 | OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT DIAGNOSES WITH CC | 0.9322 | +0.2663 |
| 156 | OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 0.6659 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 03