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MS-DRG 173: ULTRASOUND ACCELERATED AND OTHER THROMBOLYSIS WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS PULMONARY EMBOLISM
DRGSurgicalMDC 04
MS-DRG 173 is ultrasound accelerated and other thrombolysis with principal diagnosis pulmonary embolism, in MDC 04 (a surgical DRG). Its FY2027 relative weight is 2.9556, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.70 days. 13 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRG 173 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 2.9556
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.70
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 4.50
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRG 173
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 13 ICD-10-CM codes route here. The 13 most-searched:
- I26.99Other pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale
- I27.82Chronic pulmonary embolism
- I26.09Other pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale
- I26.94Multiple subsegmental thrombotic pulmonary emboli without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.93Single subsegmental thrombotic pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.03Cement embolism of pulmonary artery with acute cor pulmonale
- I26.01Septic pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale
- I26.02Saddle embolus of pulmonary artery with acute cor pulmonale
- I26.04Fat embolism of pulmonary artery with acute cor pulmonale
- I26.90Septic pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.92Saddle embolus of pulmonary artery without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.95Cement embolism of pulmonary artery without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.96Fat embolism of pulmonary artery without acute cor pulmonale
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 04