MS-DRG 397: APPENDIX PROCEDURES WITH MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 06

MS-DRG 397 is appendix procedures with mcc, in MDC 06 (a surgical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 2.3810, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 4.70 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight: 2.3810
Geometric mean LOS: 4.70
Arithmetic mean LOS: 6.30
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 397.

397	APPENDIX PROCEDURES WITH MCC	2.3810
398	APPENDIX PROCEDURES WITH CC	1.5224	-0.8586
399	APPENDIX PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC	1.2034	-1.1776

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 06