MS-DRG 553: BONE DISEASES AND ARTHROPATHIES WITH MCC
MS-DRG 553 is bone diseases and arthropathies with mcc, in MDC 08 (a medical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.2494, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.90 days. 1,617 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 553–554 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.2494
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.90
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 5.10
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 553–554
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 1,617 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 553–554 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:
- M81.0Age-related osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
- M17.0Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of knee
- M17.11Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, right knee
- M19.90Unspecified osteoarthritis, unspecified site
- M15.0Primary generalized (osteo)arthritis
- M16.11Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, right hip
- M16.12Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, left hip
- M17.12Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, left knee
- M15.9Polyosteoarthritis, unspecified
- M18.12Unilateral primary osteoarthritis of first carpometacarpal joint, left hand
- M10.9Gout, unspecified
- M18.11Unilateral primary osteoarthritis of first carpometacarpal joint, right hand
- M19.011Primary osteoarthritis, right shoulder
- M19.012Primary osteoarthritis, left shoulder
- M19.071Primary osteoarthritis, right ankle and foot
- M81.8Other osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
- M06.4Inflammatory polyarthropathy
- M16.0Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of hip
- M17.9Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified
- M19.041Primary osteoarthritis, right hand
- M19.072Primary osteoarthritis, left ankle and foot
- M13.0Polyarthritis, unspecified
- M12.9Arthropathy, unspecified
- M13.80Other specified arthritis, unspecified site
1,593 more codes group here. Open any code above for its full hierarchy, or check a whole claim in the free DRG calculator.
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 553.
| 553 | BONE DISEASES AND ARTHROPATHIES WITH MCC | 1.2494 | |
| 554 | BONE DISEASES AND ARTHROPATHIES WITHOUT MCC | 0.8331 | -0.4163 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 08