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MS-DRG 257: UPPER LIMB AND TOE AMPUTATION FOR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 05

MS-DRG 257 is upper limb and toe amputation for circulatory system disorders without cc/mcc, in MDC 05 (a surgical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.0457, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.20 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
1.0457
Geometric mean LOS
3.20
Arithmetic mean LOS
3.70
Post-acute transfer
Yes

This DRG is subject to the post-acute care transfer policy: a discharge to a qualifying setting below the mean length of stay is paid per diem rather than in full.

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 257.

255UPPER LIMB AND TOE AMPUTATION FOR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS WITH MCC2.8292+1.7835
256UPPER LIMB AND TOE AMPUTATION FOR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS WITH CC1.6715+0.6258
257UPPER LIMB AND TOE AMPUTATION FOR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC1.0457

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 05

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027