508
MS-DRG 508: MAJOR SHOULDER OR ELBOW JOINT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC
DRGSurgicalMDC 08
MS-DRG 508 is major shoulder or elbow joint procedures without cc/mcc, in MDC 08 (a surgical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.3630, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.90 days.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.3630
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.90
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 3.50
- Post-acute transfer
- No
CMS caps year-over-year weight decreases at 10%. Before the cap this DRG weighs 1.1751; the capped weight above is the one used for payment. 41 DRGs differ this way in FY2027.
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 508.
| 507 | MAJOR SHOULDER OR ELBOW JOINT PROCEDURES WITH CC/MCC | 1.8575 | +0.4945 |
| 508 | MAJOR SHOULDER OR ELBOW JOINT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 1.3630 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08