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MS-DRG 204: RESPIRATORY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
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MS-DRG 204 is respiratory signs and symptoms, in MDC 04 (a medical DRG). Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.8210, 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. 30 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRG 204 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 0.8210
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.10
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 2.70
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRG 204
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 30 ICD-10-CM codes route here. The 24 most-searched:
- R91.8Other nonspecific abnormal finding of lung field
- R06.02Shortness of breath
- R05.9Cough, unspecified
- R05.1Acute cough
- R06.00Dyspnea, unspecified
- R06.09Other forms of dyspnea
- R05.3Chronic cough
- R06.2Wheezing
- R06.83Snoring
- R06.89Other abnormalities of breathing
- R07.81Pleurodynia
- R04.2Hemoptysis
- R05.2Subacute cough
- R05.8Other specified cough
- R06.03Acute respiratory distress
- R06.81Apnea, not elsewhere classified
- R07.1Chest pain on breathing
- R06.01Orthopnea
- R06.1Stridor
- R06.6Hiccough
- R06.9Unspecified abnormalities of breathing
- R09.3Abnormal sputum
- R06.4Hyperventilation
- R06.82Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified
6 more codes group here. Open any code above for its full hierarchy, or check a whole claim in the free DRG calculator.
Choosing the principal diagnosis: Chest pain ICD-10 codes.
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 04