MS-DRG 304: HYPERTENSION WITH MCC
MS-DRG 304 is hypertension with mcc, in MDC 05 (a medical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.2011, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.10 days. 12 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 304–305 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.2011
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.10
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 4.10
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 304–305
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 12 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 304–305 the case lands in. The 12 most-searched:
- I10Essential (primary) hypertension
- I11.9Hypertensive heart disease without heart failure
- I16.0Hypertensive urgency
- I16.1Hypertensive emergency
- I15.2Hypertension secondary to endocrine disorders
- I15.9Secondary hypertension, unspecified
- I1A.0Resistant hypertension
- I16.9Hypertensive crisis, unspecified
- I15.0Renovascular hypertension
- I15.1Hypertension secondary to other renal disorders
- I15.8Other secondary hypertension
- N26.2Page kidney
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 304.
| 304 | HYPERTENSION WITH MCC | 1.2011 | |
| 305 | HYPERTENSION WITHOUT MCC | 0.7581 | -0.4430 |
Choosing the principal diagnosis: Hypertension ICD-10 codes.
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 05