MS-DRG 947: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITH MCC
MS-DRG 947 is signs and symptoms with mcc, in MDC 23 (a medical DRG), at the with-MCC (major complication or comorbidity) level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 1.2610, so a case here pays more than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.60 days. 131 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 947–948 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.
FY2027 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.2610
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.60
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 5.10
- 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 947–948
From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 131 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 947–948 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:
- R52Pain, unspecified
- R53.1Weakness
- R60.0Localized edema
- R41.3Other amnesia
- R68.89Other general symptoms and signs
- R79.89Other specified abnormal findings of blood chemistry
- R41.82Altered mental status, unspecified
- R53.83Other fatigue
- R53.81Other malaise
- R93.89Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other specified body structures
- G89.18Other acute postprocedural pain
- R41.0Disorientation, unspecified
- R64Cachexia
- R74.01Elevation of levels of liver transaminase levels
- R97.20Elevated prostate specific antigen [PSA]
- G89.3Neoplasm related pain (acute) (chronic)
- R60.9Edema, unspecified
- R18.8Other ascites
- R53.82Chronic fatigue, unspecified
- R74.8Abnormal levels of other serum enzymes
- R79.9Abnormal finding of blood chemistry, unspecified
- G89.11Acute pain due to trauma
- R41.9Unspecified symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness
- R79.1Abnormal coagulation profile
107 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 947.
| 947 | SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITH MCC | 1.2610 | |
| 948 | SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC | 0.7835 | -0.4775 |
All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 23