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MS-DRG 429: COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH MCC
DRGSurgicalMDC 08
MS-DRG 429 is combined anterior and posterior cervical spinal fusion with mcc, in MDC 08 (a surgical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 8.8363, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 9.50 days.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 8.8363
- Geometric mean LOS
- 9.50
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 12.00
- 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 429.
| 429 | COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH MCC | 8.8363 | |
| 430 | COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT MCC | 5.8956 | -2.9407 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08