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MS-DRG 513: HAND OR WRIST PROCEDURES, EXCEPT MAJOR THUMB OR JOINT PROCEDURES WITH CC/MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 08

MS-DRG 513 is hand or wrist procedures, except major thumb or joint procedures with cc/mcc, in MDC 08 (a surgical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.5215, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.80 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
1.5215
Geometric mean LOS
3.80
Arithmetic mean LOS
4.90
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 513.

513HAND OR WRIST PROCEDURES, EXCEPT MAJOR THUMB OR JOINT PROCEDURES WITH CC/MCC1.5215
514HAND OR WRIST PROCEDURES, EXCEPT MAJOR THUMB OR JOINT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.0202-0.5013

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027