MS-DRG 796: VAGINAL DELIVERY WITH STERILIZATION AND/OR D&C WITH MCC
MS-DRG 796 is vaginal delivery with sterilization and/or d&c with mcc, in MDC 14 (a surgical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.1810, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.50 days. 19 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 796–798 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.1810
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.50
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 4.40
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 796–798
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 19 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 796–798 the case lands in. 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
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 796.
| 796 | VAGINAL DELIVERY WITH STERILIZATION AND/OR D&C WITH MCC | 1.1810 | |
| 797 | VAGINAL DELIVERY WITH STERILIZATION AND/OR D&C WITH CC | 0.9807 | -0.2003 |
| 798 | VAGINAL DELIVERY WITH STERILIZATION AND/OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC | 0.9250 | -0.2560 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 14