398
MS-DRG 398: APPENDIX PROCEDURES WITH CC
DRGSurgicalMDC 06
MS-DRG 398 is appendix procedures with cc, in MDC 06 (a surgical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.5224, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.90 days.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.5224
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.90
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 3.70
- 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 398.
| 397 | APPENDIX PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 2.3810 | +0.8586 |
| 398 | APPENDIX PROCEDURES WITH CC | 1.5224 | |
| 399 | APPENDIX PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 1.2034 | -0.3190 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 06