MS-DRG 570 — SKIN DEBRIDEMENT WITH MCC
FY2026 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 2.9411
- Geometric mean LOS
- 7.80
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 10.30
- Post-acute transfer
- Yes
This DRG is subject to the post-acute care transfer policy: a discharge to a qualifying setting below the mean length of stay is paid per diem rather than in full.
Other DRGs in MDC 09
The with-MCC, with-CC and without-CC/MCC splits usually sit next to each other here. Those are what a documentation query is actually deciding between, and the weight gap between them is why the query is worth raising.
- 571SKIN DEBRIDEMENT WITH CC1.6895
- 572SKIN DEBRIDEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC1.1463
- 573SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH MCC6.5514
- 574SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH CC3.4714
- 575SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC1.7970
- 576SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH MCC4.9012
- 577SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH CC2.6507
- 578SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC1.6064
- 579OTHER SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST PROCEDURES WITH MCC3.2385
- 580OTHER SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST PROCEDURES WITH CC1.7280
- 581OTHER SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.4431
- 582MASTECTOMY FOR MALIGNANCY WITH CC/MCC1.9266
- 583MASTECTOMY FOR MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC1.7244
- 584BREAST BIOPSY, LOCAL EXCISION AND OTHER BREAST PROCEDURES WITH CC/MCC2.1407
- 585BREAST BIOPSY, LOCAL EXCISION AND OTHER BREAST PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.9291
- 592SKIN ULCERS WITH MCC1.9353
- 593SKIN ULCERS WITH CC1.1863
- 594SKIN ULCERS WITHOUT CC/MCC0.8668
- 595MAJOR SKIN DISORDERS WITH MCC2.1207
- 596MAJOR SKIN DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC1.0825
- 597MALIGNANT BREAST DISORDERS WITH MCC1.6671
- 598MALIGNANT BREAST DISORDERS WITH CC1.1313
- 599MALIGNANT BREAST DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC0.7694
- 600NON-MALIGNANT BREAST DISORDERS WITH CC/MCC1.0416
- 601NON-MALIGNANT BREAST DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC0.6050
- 602CELLULITIS WITH MCC1.4213
- 603CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC0.8709
- 604TRAUMA TO THE SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST WITH MCC1.4721
- 605TRAUMA TO THE SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST WITHOUT MCC0.9160
- 606MINOR SKIN DISORDERS WITH MCC1.5132
- 607MINOR SKIN DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC0.9064
Working the claim behind this DRG
A DRG is assigned from the diagnoses and procedures already on the claim, so the questions that decide MS-DRG 570 are coding questions. Look the principal diagnosis up in the full ICD-10-CM tabular list with its Excludes1 and “code first” notes attached, or start from the condition instead of the code in the codes-by-condition index. For the secondary diagnoses that move a case between the with-MCC, with-CC and without-CC/MCC splits, paste the whole set into the free claim scrubber and see which pairs collide before the claim goes out — no account, no card.
The supplies, drugs and devices billed alongside an inpatient stay are HCPCS Level II, listed in full at HCPCS by section. If the claim comes back rejected, the denial code index explains what each CARC actually means and what to do about it, and the decision guides walk the sequencing calls that most often cause one — sepsis and diabetes above all.
Every one of those is free and needs no account. This page is the payment table: it says what MS-DRG 570 is worth. Which medical DRG a set of diagnoses lands in is the workspace’s DRG impact check, from the CMS CC/MCC lists; it does not group surgical cases.