MS-DRG 032 — VENTRICULAR SHUNT PROCEDURES WITH CC

DRGSurgicalMDC 01

FY2026 payment factors

Relative weight: 2.1310
Geometric mean LOS: 2.50
Arithmetic mean LOS: 3.70
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.

Other DRGs in MDC 01

The with-MCC, with-CC and without-CC/MCC splits usually sit next to each other here. Those are what a documentation query is actually deciding between, and the weight gap between them is why the query is worth raising.

020INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC7.8688
021INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITH CC5.2938
022INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE WITHOUT CC/MCC3.1774
023CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC OR ANTINEOPLASTIC IMPLANT OR EPILEPSY WITH NEUROSTIMULATOR5.7303
024CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MCC3.9119
025CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC4.5467
026CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC3.1092
027CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC2.5229
028SPINAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC6.0083
029SPINAL PROCEDURES WITH CC OR SPINAL NEUROSTIMULATORS3.4116
030SPINAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC2.1952
031VENTRICULAR SHUNT PROCEDURES WITH MCC4.4805
033VENTRICULAR SHUNT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.6629
034CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITH MCC3.8707
035CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITH CC2.3905
036CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.9428
037EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC3.2921
038EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC1.6226
039EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.1755
040PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH MCC3.8612
041PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH CC OR PERIPHERAL NEUROSTIMULATOR2.1987
042PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.7277
052SPINAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES WITH CC/MCC1.8113
053SPINAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC0.9792
054NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS WITH MCC1.5269
055NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS WITHOUT MCC1.0196
056DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITH MCC2.3231
057DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC1.2956
058MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITH MCC1.7095
059MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITH CC1.2409
060MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITHOUT CC/MCC0.9198
061ISCHEMIC STROKE, PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT WITH MCC2.7571
062ISCHEMIC STROKE, PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT WITH CC1.7572
063ISCHEMIC STROKE, PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT WITHOUT CC/MCC1.4038
064INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC2.0110
065INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS1.0103
066INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC0.6844
067PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION WITHOUT INFARCTION WITH MCC1.4687
068PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION WITHOUT INFARCTION WITHOUT MCC0.8644
069TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC0.7988