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MS-DRG 950: AFTERCARE WITHOUT CC/MCC

DRGMedicalMDC 23

MS-DRG 950 is aftercare without cc/mcc, in MDC 23 (a medical DRG), at the without-CC/MCC level. Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.7664, so a case here pays less than the average Medicare inpatient stay (weight 1.0), with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.30 days. 8,604 ICD-10-CM principal diagnoses group into MS-DRGs 949–950 under the CMS definitions manual; the most-searched are listed below.

FY2027 payment factors

Relative weight
0.7664
Geometric mean LOS
3.30
Arithmetic mean LOS
4.60
Post-acute transfer
No

Principal diagnoses that group to MS-DRGs 949–950

From the CMS MS-DRG definitions manual’s principal-diagnosis index: 8,604 ICD-10-CM codes route here, and the CC/MCC status of the secondary diagnoses decides which of 949–950 the case lands in. The 24 most-searched:

  • Z79.899Other long term (current) drug therapy
  • Z79.01Long term (current) use of anticoagulants
  • Z51.89Encounter for other specified aftercare
  • Z79.4Long term (current) use of insulin
  • Z79.891Long term (current) use of opiate analgesic
  • Z45.2Encounter for adjustment and management of vascular access device
  • Z48.812Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the circulatory system
  • Z48.815Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the digestive system
  • Z51.81Encounter for therapeutic drug level monitoring
  • Z79.84Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs
  • Z48.89Encounter for other specified surgical aftercare
  • Z48.3Aftercare following surgery for neoplasm
  • Z48.811Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the nervous system
  • Z48.817Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the skin and subcutaneous tissue
  • Z79.82Long term (current) use of aspirin
  • Z79.85Long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs
  • Z48.816Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the genitourinary system
  • Z79.02Long term (current) use of antithrombotics/antiplatelets
  • Z79.1Long term (current) use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAID)
  • Z79.2Long term (current) use of antibiotics
  • Z79.52Long term (current) use of systemic steroids
  • T81.31XDDisruption of external operation (surgical) wound, not elsewhere classified, subsequent encounter
  • Z46.82Encounter for fitting and adjustment of non-vascular catheter
  • Z79.51Long term (current) use of inhaled steroids

8,580 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 950.

949AFTERCARE WITH CC/MCC1.1230+0.3566
950AFTERCARE WITHOUT CC/MCC0.7664

All FY2027 MS-DRGs · MDC 23

MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2027