MS-DRG 917 — POISONING AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF DRUGS WITH MCC

DRGMedicalMDC 21

FY2026 payment factors

Relative weight: 1.5684
Geometric mean LOS: 3.70
Arithmetic mean LOS: 5.40
Post-acute transfer: Yes

This DRG is subject to the post-acute care transfer policy: a discharge to a qualifying setting below the mean length of stay is paid per diem rather than in full.

Other DRGs in MDC 21

The with-MCC, with-CC and without-CC/MCC splits usually sit next to each other here. Those are what a documentation query is actually deciding between, and the weight gap between them is why the query is worth raising.

901WOUND DEBRIDEMENTS FOR INJURIES WITH MCC4.1966
902WOUND DEBRIDEMENTS FOR INJURIES WITH CC1.9145
903WOUND DEBRIDEMENTS FOR INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.1696
904SKIN GRAFTS FOR INJURIES WITH CC/MCC3.6731
905SKIN GRAFTS FOR INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.4834
906HAND PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES1.9643
907OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITH MCC3.8393
908OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITH CC1.9952
909OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.3127
913TRAUMATIC INJURY WITH MCC1.6346
914TRAUMATIC INJURY WITHOUT MCC0.8855
915ALLERGIC REACTIONS WITH MCC1.6816
916ALLERGIC REACTIONS WITHOUT MCC0.6663
918POISONING AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF DRUGS WITHOUT MCC0.8571
919COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH MCC1.8308
920COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH CC1.0023
921COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC0.6884
922OTHER INJURY, POISONING AND TOXIC EFFECT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC1.7494
923OTHER INJURY, POISONING AND TOXIC EFFECT DIAGNOSES WITHOUT MCC1.0177