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MS-DRG 415: CHOLECYSTECTOMY EXCEPT BY LAPAROSCOPE WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH CC

DRGSurgicalMDC 07

MS-DRG 415 is cholecystectomy except by laparoscope without c.d.e. with cc, in MDC 07 (a surgical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 2.0075, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 4.60 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
2.0075
Geometric mean LOS
4.60
Arithmetic mean LOS
5.50
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.

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 415.

414CHOLECYSTECTOMY EXCEPT BY LAPAROSCOPE WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH MCC3.6402+1.6327
415CHOLECYSTECTOMY EXCEPT BY LAPAROSCOPE WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH CC2.0075
416CHOLECYSTECTOMY EXCEPT BY LAPAROSCOPE WITHOUT C.D.E. WITHOUT CC/MCC1.4118-0.5957

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 07

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027