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MS-DRG 506: MAJOR THUMB OR JOINT PROCEDURES
DRGSurgicalMDC 08
MS-DRG 506 is major thumb or joint procedures, in MDC 08 (a surgical DRG). Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.2143, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.70 days.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.2143
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.70
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 4.40
- Post-acute transfer
- No
CMS caps year-over-year weight decreases at 10%. Before the cap this DRG weighs 1.2065; the capped weight above is the one used for payment. 41 DRGs differ this way in FY2027.
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08