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MS-DRG 475: AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH CC

DRGSurgicalMDC 08

MS-DRG 475 is amputation for musculoskeletal system and connective tissue disorders with cc, in MDC 08 (a surgical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 2.2249, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 6.00 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
2.2249
Geometric mean LOS
6.00
Arithmetic mean LOS
7.40
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 475.

474AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH MCC OR INSERTION OF ANTIBIOTIC-ELUTING BONE VOID FILLER4.2144+1.9895
475AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH CC2.2249
476AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC1.1360-1.0889

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027