MS-DRG 934: FULL THICKNESS BURN WITHOUT SKIN GRAFT OR INHALATION INJURY
MS-DRG 934 is full thickness burn without skin graft or inhalation injury, in MDC 22 (a medical DRG). Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.9895, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 4.40 days. 233 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRG 934 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.9895
- Geometric mean LOS
- 4.40
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 6.70
- Post-acute transfer
- No
CMS caps year-over-year weight decreases at 10%. Before the cap this DRG weighs 1.8890; the capped weight above is the one used for payment. 41 DRGs differ this way in FY2027.
Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRG 934
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 233 ICD-10-CM codes route here. The 24 most-searched:
- J96.01Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia
- J96.21Acute and chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia
- J96.00Acute respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia
- J96.90Respiratory failure, unspecified, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia
- J96.20Acute and chronic respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia
- J96.22Acute and chronic respiratory failure with hypercapnia
- J96.02Acute respiratory failure with hypercapnia
- J96.91Respiratory failure, unspecified with hypoxia
- J95.2Acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery
- J95.821Acute postprocedural respiratory failure
- 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
- J70.5Respiratory conditions due to smoke inhalation
- J95.1Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery
- J95.3Chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery
- J95.822Acute and chronic postprocedural respiratory failure
- J96.92Respiratory failure, unspecified with hypercapnia
- 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
209 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