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MS-DRG 269: AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 05

MS-DRG 269 is aortic and heart assist procedures except pulsation balloon without mcc, in MDC 05 (a surgical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 4.2601, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 1.50 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
4.2601
Geometric mean LOS
1.50
Arithmetic mean LOS
2.00
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 269.

268AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITH MCC7.1688+2.9087
269AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC4.2601

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 05

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027