MS-DRG 697: URETHRAL STRICTURE
MS-DRG 697 is urethral stricture, in MDC 11 (a medical DRG). Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.9700, so a case here pays less than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.50 days. 38 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRG 697 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 0.9700
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.50
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 3.50
- Post-acute transfer
- No
CMS caps year-over-year weight decreases at 10%. Before the cap this DRG weighs 0.9644; the capped weight above is the one used for payment. 41 DRGs differ this way in FY2027.
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRG 697
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 38 ICD-10-CM codes route here. The 24 most-searched:
- N35.919Unspecified urethral stricture, male, unspecified site
- N35.010Post-traumatic urethral stricture, male, meatal
- N35.011Post-traumatic bulbous urethral stricture
- N35.012Post-traumatic membranous urethral stricture
- N35.013Post-traumatic anterior urethral stricture
- N35.014Post-traumatic urethral stricture, male, unspecified
- N35.016Post-traumatic urethral stricture, male, overlapping sites
- N35.021Urethral stricture due to childbirth
- N35.028Other post-traumatic urethral stricture, female
- N35.111Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male, meatal
- N35.112Postinfective bulbous urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male
- N35.113Postinfective membranous urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male
- N35.114Postinfective anterior urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male
- N35.116Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male, overlapping sites
- N35.119Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male, unspecified
- N35.12Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, female
- N35.811Other urethral stricture, male, meatal
- N35.812Other bulbous urethral stricture, male
- N35.813Other membranous urethral stricture, male
- N35.814Other anterior urethral stricture, male
- N35.816Other urethral stricture, male, overlapping sites
- N35.819Other urethral stricture, male, unspecified site
- N35.82Other urethral stricture, female
- N35.911Unspecified urethral stricture, male, meatal
14 more codes group here. Open any code above for its full hierarchy, or check a whole claim in the free DRG calculator.
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 11