MS-DRG 465: WOUND DEBRIDEMENT OR SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 08

MS-DRG 465 is wound debridement or skin graft except hand for musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders without cc/mcc, in MDC 08 (a surgical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 2.4822, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 1.40 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight: 2.4822
Geometric mean LOS: 1.40
Arithmetic mean LOS: 1.70
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 465.

463	WOUND DEBRIDEMENT OR SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH MCC OR INSERTION OF ANTIBIOTIC-ELUTING BONE VOID FILLER	5.1296	+2.6474
464	WOUND DEBRIDEMENT OR SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH CC	3.1764	+0.6942
465	WOUND DEBRIDEMENT OR SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC	2.4822

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08