MS-DRG 498: LOCAL EXCISION AND REMOVAL OF INTERNAL FIXATION DEVICES OF HIP AND FEMUR WITH CC/MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 08

MS-DRG 498 is local excision and removal of internal fixation devices of hip and femur with cc/mcc, in MDC 08 (a surgical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 3.1881, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 4.40 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight: 3.1881
Geometric mean LOS: 4.40
Arithmetic mean LOS: 6.00
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 498.

498	LOCAL EXCISION AND REMOVAL OF INTERNAL FIXATION DEVICES OF HIP AND FEMUR WITH CC/MCC	3.1881
499	LOCAL EXCISION AND REMOVAL OF INTERNAL FIXATION DEVICES OF HIP AND FEMUR WITHOUT CC/MCC	2.1676	-1.0205

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08