MS-DRG 768: VAGINAL DELIVERY WITH O.R. PROCEDURES EXCEPT STERILIZATION AND/OR D&C

DRGSurgicalMDC 14

MS-DRG 768 is vaginal delivery with o.r. procedures except sterilization and/or d&c, in MDC 14 (a surgical DRG). Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.0511, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.70 days. 19 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRG 768 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight: 1.0511
Geometric mean LOS: 2.70
Arithmetic mean LOS: 3.30
Post-acute transfer: No

Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRG 768

From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 19 ICD-10-CM codes route here. The 19 most-searched:

Z37.0Single live birth
Z37.1Single stillbirth
Z37.2Twins, both liveborn
Z37.9Outcome of delivery, unspecified
Z37.3Twins, one liveborn and one stillborn
Z37.51Triplets, all liveborn
Z37.4Twins, both stillborn
Z37.50Multiple births, unspecified, all liveborn
Z37.52Quadruplets, all liveborn
Z37.53Quintuplets, all liveborn
Z37.54Sextuplets, all liveborn
Z37.59Other multiple births, all liveborn
Z37.60Multiple births, unspecified, some liveborn
Z37.61Triplets, some liveborn
Z37.62Quadruplets, some liveborn
Z37.63Quintuplets, some liveborn
Z37.64Sextuplets, some liveborn
Z37.69Other multiple births, some liveborn
Z37.7Other multiple births, all stillborn

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 14