MS-DRG 203: BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA WITHOUT CC/MCC
MS-DRG 203 is bronchitis and asthma without cc/mcc, in MDC 04 (a medical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.6512, 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. 47 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 202–203 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 0.6512
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.10
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 2.60
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 202–203
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 47 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 202–203 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:
- J45.909Unspecified asthma, uncomplicated
- J40Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic
- J20.9Acute bronchitis, unspecified
- J45.20Mild intermittent asthma, uncomplicated
- J41.0Simple chronic bronchitis
- J45.40Moderate persistent asthma, uncomplicated
- J45.50Severe persistent asthma, uncomplicated
- J45.901Unspecified asthma with (acute) exacerbation
- J45.30Mild persistent asthma, uncomplicated
- J45.41Moderate persistent asthma with (acute) exacerbation
- J45.51Severe persistent asthma with (acute) exacerbation
- J45.998Other asthma
- J20.8Acute bronchitis due to other specified organisms
- J21.0Acute bronchiolitis due to respiratory syncytial virus
- J21.9Acute bronchiolitis, unspecified
- J39.8Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract
- J45.21Mild intermittent asthma with (acute) exacerbation
- J98.01Acute bronchospasm
- J45.31Mild persistent asthma with (acute) exacerbation
- J45.902Unspecified asthma with status asthmaticus
- J98.09Other diseases of bronchus, not elsewhere classified
- J20.0Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- J20.5Acute bronchitis due to respiratory syncytial virus
- J20.6Acute bronchitis due to rhinovirus
23 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 203.
| 202 | BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA WITH CC/MCC | 0.9474 | +0.2962 |
| 203 | BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA WITHOUT CC/MCC | 0.6512 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 04