MS-DRG 933: EXTENSIVE BURNS OR FULL THICKNESS BURNS WITH MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT SKIN GRAFT

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MS-DRG 933 is extensive burns or full thickness burns with mv >96 hours without skin graft, in MDC 22 (a medical DRG). Its FY2027 relative weight is 3.5048, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.30 days. 282 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRG 933 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight: 3.5048
Geometric mean LOS: 2.30
Arithmetic mean LOS: 4.10
Post-acute transfer: No

CMS caps year-over-year weight decreases at 10%. Before the cap this DRG weighs 2.3949; the capped weight above is the one used for payment. 41 DRGs differ this way in FY2027.

Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRG 933

From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 282 ICD-10-CM codes route here. The 24 most-searched:

T20.30XABurn of third degree of head, face, and neck, unspecified site, initial encounter
T21.31XABurn of third degree of chest wall, initial encounter
T23.302ABurn of third degree of left hand, unspecified site, initial encounter
T24.311ABurn of third degree of right thigh, initial encounter
T24.312ABurn of third degree of left thigh, initial encounter
T24.711ACorrosion of third degree of right thigh, initial encounter
T31.11Burns involving 10-19% of body surface with 10-19% third degree burns
T31.21Burns involving 20-29% of body surface with 10-19% third degree burns
T31.22Burns involving 20-29% of body surface with 20-29% third degree burns
T31.31Burns involving 30-39% of body surface with 10-19% third degree burns
T31.42Burns involving 40-49% of body surface with 20-29% third degree burns
T20.311ABurn of third degree of right ear [any part, except ear drum], initial encounter
T20.312ABurn of third degree of left ear [any part, except ear drum], initial encounter
T20.319ABurn of third degree of unspecified ear [any part, except ear drum], initial encounter
T20.32XABurn of third degree of lip(s), initial encounter
T20.33XABurn of third degree of chin, initial encounter
T20.34XABurn of third degree of nose (septum), initial encounter
T20.35XABurn of third degree of scalp [any part], initial encounter
T20.36XABurn of third degree of forehead and cheek, initial encounter
T20.37XABurn of third degree of neck, initial encounter
T20.39XABurn of third degree of multiple sites of head, face, and neck, initial encounter
T20.70XACorrosion of third degree of head, face, and neck, unspecified site, initial encounter
T20.711ACorrosion of third degree of right ear [any part, except ear drum], initial encounter
T20.712ACorrosion of third degree of left ear [any part, except ear drum], initial encounter

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

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 22