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MS-DRG 280: ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC

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MS-DRG 280 is acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc, in MDC 05 (a medical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.6112, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 4.00 days. 18 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 280–285 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
1.6112
Geometric mean LOS
4.00
Arithmetic mean LOS
5.30
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.

Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 280–285

From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 18 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 280–285 the case lands in. The 18 most-searched:

  • I21.4Non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction
  • I21.3ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of unspecified site
  • I21.9Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified
  • I21.A1Myocardial infarction type 2
  • I21.19ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving other coronary artery of inferior wall
  • I21.09ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving other coronary artery of anterior wall
  • I21.02ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving left anterior descending coronary artery
  • I21.11ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving right coronary artery
  • I21.29ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving other sites
  • I21.01ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving left main coronary artery
  • I21.A9Other myocardial infarction type
  • I22.0Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of anterior wall
  • I22.1Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of inferior wall
  • I22.2Subsequent non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction
  • I22.8Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of other sites
  • I22.9Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of unspecified site
  • I21.21ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving left circumflex coronary artery
  • I21.BMyocardial infarction with coronary microvascular dysfunction

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 280.

280ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC1.6112
281ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC0.9184-0.6928
282ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITHOUT CC/MCC0.7378-0.8734

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 05

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027