MS-DRG 379: GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITHOUT CC/MCC
MS-DRG 379 is gastrointestinal hemorrhage without cc/mcc, in MDC 06 (a medical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.6381, 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. 44 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 377–379 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 0.6381
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.00
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 2.30
- 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 377–379
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 44 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 377–379 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:
- K92.2Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, unspecified
- K62.5Hemorrhage of anus and rectum
- K92.1Melena
- K92.0Hematemesis
- K57.31Diverticulosis of large intestine without perforation or abscess with bleeding
- K25.4Chronic or unspecified gastric ulcer with hemorrhage
- K57.33Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess with bleeding
- K25.0Acute gastric ulcer with hemorrhage
- K26.4Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage
- K27.0Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with hemorrhage
- K29.01Acute gastritis with bleeding
- K29.71Gastritis, unspecified, with bleeding
- K29.81Duodenitis with bleeding
- K57.41Diverticulitis of both small and large intestine with perforation and abscess with bleeding
- K25.2Acute gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation
- K25.6Chronic or unspecified gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation
- K26.0Acute duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage
- K26.2Acute duodenal ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation
- K26.6Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation
- K27.2Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with both hemorrhage and perforation
- K27.4Chronic or unspecified peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with hemorrhage
- K27.6Chronic or unspecified peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with both hemorrhage and perforation
- K28.0Acute gastrojejunal ulcer with hemorrhage
- K28.2Acute gastrojejunal ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation
20 more codes group here. Open any code above for its full hierarchy, or check a whole claim in the free DRG calculator.
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 379.
| 377 | GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 1.8127 | +1.1746 |
| 378 | GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 0.9732 | +0.3351 |
| 379 | GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITHOUT CC/MCC | 0.6381 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 06