268
MS-DRG 268: AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITH MCC
DRGSurgicalMDC 05
MS-DRG 268 is aortic and heart assist procedures except pulsation balloon with mcc, in MDC 05 (a surgical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 7.1688, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 6.20 days.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 7.1688
- Geometric mean LOS
- 6.20
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 9.50
- Post-acute transfer
- No
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 268.
| 268 | AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITH MCC | 7.1688 | |
| 269 | AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC | 4.2601 | -2.9087 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 05