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MS-DRG 278: ULTRASOUND ACCELERATED AND OTHER THROMBOLYSIS OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR STRUCTURES WITH MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 05

MS-DRG 278 is ultrasound accelerated and other thrombolysis of peripheral vascular structures with mcc, in MDC 05 (a surgical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 6.3466, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 7.90 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
6.3466
Geometric mean LOS
7.90
Arithmetic mean LOS
10.70
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 278.

278ULTRASOUND ACCELERATED AND OTHER THROMBOLYSIS OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR STRUCTURES WITH MCC6.3466
279ULTRASOUND ACCELERATED AND OTHER THROMBOLYSIS OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR STRUCTURES WITHOUT MCC4.1313-2.2153

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 05

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027