MS-DRG 370: MAJOR ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC
MS-DRG 370 is major esophageal disorders without cc/mcc, in MDC 06 (a medical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.6744, so a case here pays less than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.00 days. 24 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 368–370 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 0.6744
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.00
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 2.40
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 368–370
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 24 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 368–370 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:
- I85.00Esophageal varices without bleeding
- B37.81Candidal esophagitis
- I85.01Esophageal varices with bleeding
- K21.01Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis, with bleeding
- I85.11Secondary esophageal varices with bleeding
- K20.91Esophagitis, unspecified with bleeding
- K22.6Gastro-esophageal laceration-hemorrhage syndrome
- K20.81Other esophagitis with bleeding
- K22.3Perforation of esophagus
- Q39.0Atresia of esophagus without fistula
- Q39.1Atresia of esophagus with tracheo-esophageal fistula
- Q39.2Congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula without atresia
- Q39.3Congenital stenosis and stricture of esophagus
- Q39.4Esophageal web
- Q39.5Congenital dilatation of esophagus
- Q39.6Congenital diverticulum of esophagus
- Q39.8Other congenital malformations of esophagus
- Q39.9Congenital malformation of esophagus, unspecified
- S27.812AContusion of esophagus (thoracic part), initial encounter
- S27.813ALaceration of esophagus (thoracic part), initial encounter
- S27.818AOther injury of esophagus (thoracic part), initial encounter
- S27.819AUnspecified injury of esophagus (thoracic part), initial encounter
- T28.1XXABurn of esophagus, initial encounter
- T28.6XXACorrosion of esophagus, initial encounter
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 370.
| 368 | MAJOR ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS WITH MCC | 1.6433 | +0.9689 |
| 369 | MAJOR ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS WITH CC | 0.9922 | +0.3178 |
| 370 | MAJOR ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC | 0.6744 |
Choosing the principal diagnosis: GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) ICD-10 codes.
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 06