MS-DRG 595: MAJOR SKIN DISORDERS WITH MCC
MS-DRG 595 is major skin disorders with mcc, in MDC 09 (a medical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 2.0239, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 5.40 days. 115 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 595–596 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 2.0239
- Geometric mean LOS
- 5.40
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 7.50
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 595–596
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 115 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 595–596 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:
- L40.0Psoriasis vulgaris
- C43.59Malignant melanoma of other part of trunk
- C43.4Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck
- L40.9Psoriasis, unspecified
- C43.9Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified
- B02.9Zoster without complications
- C43.61Malignant melanoma of right upper limb, including shoulder
- C43.62Malignant melanoma of left upper limb, including shoulder
- D03.59Melanoma in situ of other part of trunk
- C43.71Malignant melanoma of right lower limb, including hip
- L12.0Bullous pemphigoid
- L40.8Other psoriasis
- C43.39Malignant melanoma of other parts of face
- L10.0Pemphigus vulgaris
- L12.1Cicatricial pemphigoid
- L93.0Discoid lupus erythematosus
- C43.72Malignant melanoma of left lower limb, including hip
- D03.62Melanoma in situ of left upper limb, including shoulder
- L00Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
- L13.9Bullous disorder, unspecified
- L51.1Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- L52Erythema nodosum
- L93.1Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
- L93.2Other local lupus erythematosus
91 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 595.
| 595 | MAJOR SKIN DISORDERS WITH MCC | 2.0239 | |
| 596 | MAJOR SKIN DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 1.1071 | -0.9168 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 09