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MS-DRG 476: AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 08

MS-DRG 476 is amputation for musculoskeletal system and connective tissue disorders without cc/mcc, in MDC 08 (a surgical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.1360, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.60 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
1.1360
Geometric mean LOS
2.60
Arithmetic mean LOS
3.30
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 476.

474AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH MCC OR INSERTION OF ANTIBIOTIC-ELUTING BONE VOID FILLER4.2144+3.0784
475AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH CC2.2249+1.0889
476AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC1.1360

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027