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MS-DRG 472: CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC
DRGSurgicalMDC 08
MS-DRG 472 is cervical spinal fusion with cc, in MDC 08 (a surgical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 2.9811, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.50 days.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 2.9811
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.50
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 3.40
- 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 472.
| 471 | CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH MCC | 4.9370 | +1.9559 |
| 472 | CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 2.9811 | |
| 473 | CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 2.4518 | -0.5293 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08