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

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MS-DRG 917 is poisoning and toxic effects of drugs with mcc, in MDC 21 (a medical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.5700, 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. 1,499 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 917–918 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
1.5700
Geometric mean LOS
3.70
Arithmetic mean LOS
5.20
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.

Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 917–918

From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 1,499 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 917–918 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:

  • T45.1X5AAdverse effect of antineoplastic and immunosuppressive drugs, initial encounter
  • T50.905AAdverse effect of unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, initial encounter
  • T50.901APoisoning by unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • T36.0X5AAdverse effect of penicillins, initial encounter
  • T38.0X5AAdverse effect of glucocorticoids and synthetic analogues, initial encounter
  • T38.3X1APoisoning by insulin and oral hypoglycemic [antidiabetic] drugs, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • T38.3X5AAdverse effect of insulin and oral hypoglycemic [antidiabetic] drugs, initial encounter
  • T40.2X1APoisoning by other opioids, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • T40.2X2APoisoning by other opioids, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
  • T40.2X3APoisoning by other opioids, assault, initial encounter
  • T40.2X4APoisoning by other opioids, undetermined, initial encounter
  • T40.2X5AAdverse effect of other opioids, initial encounter
  • T42.4X1APoisoning by benzodiazepines, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • T43.201APoisoning by unspecified antidepressants, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • T45.1X1APoisoning by antineoplastic and immunosuppressive drugs, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • T45.515AAdverse effect of anticoagulants, initial encounter
  • T50.2X5AAdverse effect of carbonic-anhydrase inhibitors, benzothiadiazides and other diuretics, initial encounter
  • T50.B95AAdverse effect of other viral vaccines, initial encounter
  • T50.995AAdverse effect of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances, initial encounter
  • T60.91XAToxic effect of unspecified pesticide, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • T60.92XAToxic effect of unspecified pesticide, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
  • T62.0X1AToxic effect of ingested mushrooms, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • T63.441AToxic effect of venom of bees, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • M1A.10X0Lead-induced chronic gout, unspecified site, without tophus (tophi)

1,475 more codes group here. Open any code above for its full hierarchy, or check a whole claim in the free DRG calculator.

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 917.

917POISONING AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF DRUGS WITH MCC1.5700
918POISONING AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF DRUGS WITHOUT MCC0.8720-0.6980

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 21

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027