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MS-DRG 790: EXTREME IMMATURITY OR RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEONATE

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MS-DRG 790 is extreme immaturity or respiratory distress syndrome, neonate, in MDC 15 (a medical DRG). Its FY2027 relative weight is 6.0146, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 17.90 days. 12 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRG 790 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
6.0146
Geometric mean LOS
17.90
Arithmetic mean LOS
17.90
Post-acute transfer
No

Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRG 790

From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 12 ICD-10-CM codes route here. The 12 most-searched:

  • P22.0Respiratory distress syndrome of newborn
  • P07.02Extremely low birth weight newborn, 500-749 grams
  • P07.03Extremely low birth weight newborn, 750-999 grams
  • P07.26Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age 27 completed weeks
  • P07.00Extremely low birth weight newborn, unspecified weight
  • P07.01Extremely low birth weight newborn, less than 500 grams
  • P07.20Extreme immaturity of newborn, unspecified weeks of gestation
  • P07.21Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age less than 23 completed weeks
  • P07.22Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age 23 completed weeks
  • P07.23Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age 24 completed weeks
  • P07.24Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age 25 completed weeks
  • P07.25Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age 26 completed weeks

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 15

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027