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MS-DRG 499: LOCAL EXCISION AND REMOVAL OF INTERNAL FIXATION DEVICES OF HIP AND FEMUR WITHOUT CC/MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 08

MS-DRG 499 is local excision and removal of internal fixation devices of hip and femur without cc/mcc, in MDC 08 (a surgical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 2.1676, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 1.80 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
2.1676
Geometric mean LOS
1.80
Arithmetic mean LOS
2.30
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 499.

498LOCAL EXCISION AND REMOVAL OF INTERNAL FIXATION DEVICES OF HIP AND FEMUR WITH CC/MCC3.1881+1.0205
499LOCAL EXCISION AND REMOVAL OF INTERNAL FIXATION DEVICES OF HIP AND FEMUR WITHOUT CC/MCC2.1676

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027