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MS-DRG 788: CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC

DRGSurgicalMDC 14

MS-DRG 788 is cesarean section without sterilization without cc/mcc, in MDC 14 (a surgical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.9125, so a case here pays less than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.80 days.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
0.9125
Geometric mean LOS
2.80
Arithmetic mean LOS
3.10
Post-acute transfer
No

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 788.

786CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH MCC1.6377+0.7252
787CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH CC1.0862+0.1737
788CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC0.9125

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 14

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027