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MS-DRG 847: CHEMOTHERAPY WITHOUT ACUTE LEUKEMIA AS SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS WITH CC

DRGMedicalMDC 17

MS-DRG 847 is chemotherapy without acute leukemia as secondary diagnosis with cc, in MDC 17 (a medical DRG), at the with-CC (complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.3490, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.70 days. 3 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 846–848 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
1.3490
Geometric mean LOS
3.70
Arithmetic mean LOS
4.30
Post-acute transfer
No

Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 846–848

From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 3 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 846–848 the case lands in. The 3 most-searched:

  • Z08Encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment for malignant neoplasm
  • Z51.11Encounter for antineoplastic chemotherapy
  • Z51.12Encounter for antineoplastic immunotherapy

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 847.

846CHEMOTHERAPY WITHOUT ACUTE LEUKEMIA AS SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC2.5302+1.1812
847CHEMOTHERAPY WITHOUT ACUTE LEUKEMIA AS SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS WITH CC1.3490
848CHEMOTHERAPY WITHOUT ACUTE LEUKEMIA AS SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT CC/MCC0.7756-0.5734

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 17

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027