550
MS-DRG 550 — SEPTIC ARTHRITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC
DRGMedicalMDC 08
FY2026 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 0.8741
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.10
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 3.70
- Post-acute transfer
- No
Other DRGs in MDC 08
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.
- 402SINGLE LEVEL COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL4.0205
- 426MULTIPLE LEVEL COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH MCC OR CUSTOM-MADE ANATOMICALLY DESIGNED INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE11.0212
- 427MULTIPLE LEVEL COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH CC7.2186
- 428MULTIPLE LEVEL COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT CC/MCC5.6220
- 429COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH MCC9.0096
- 430COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT MCC5.7671
- 447MULTIPLE LEVEL SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH MCC OR CUSTOM-MADE ANATOMICALLY DESIGNED INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE6.6816
- 448MULTIPLE LEVEL SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC4.2408
- 450SINGLE LEVEL SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH MCC OR CUSTOM-MADE ANATOMICALLY DESIGNED INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE5.3296
- 451SINGLE LEVEL SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC3.2304
- 456SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH SPINAL CURVATURE, MALIGNANCY, INFECTION OR EXTENSIVE FUSIONS WITH MCC8.4034
- 457SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH SPINAL CURVATURE, MALIGNANCY, INFECTION OR EXTENSIVE FUSIONS WITH CC5.9631
- 458SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH SPINAL CURVATURE, MALIGNANCY, INFECTION OR EXTENSIVE FUSIONS WITHOUT CC/MCC4.1726
- 461BILATERAL OR MULTIPLE MAJOR JOINT PROCEDURES OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITH MCC5.5230
- 462BILATERAL OR MULTIPLE MAJOR JOINT PROCEDURES OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC2.6600
- 463WOUND DEBRIDEMENT AND SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH MCC5.6995
- 464WOUND DEBRIDEMENT AND SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH CC3.1147
- 465WOUND DEBRIDEMENT AND SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC1.8237
- 466REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH MCC5.2054
- 467REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC3.5266
- 468REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC2.7480
- 469MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITH MCC OR TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT3.0332
- 470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC1.9289
- 471CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH MCC4.8287
- 472CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC2.9461
- 473CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC2.4413
- 474AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH MCC4.2929
- 475AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITH CC2.2757
- 476AMPUTATION FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC1.1802
- 477BIOPSIES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE WITH MCC3.4546
- 478BIOPSIES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE WITH CC2.4592
- 479BIOPSIES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE WITHOUT CC/MCC1.8589
- 480HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH MCC2.9123
- 481HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC2.0945
- 482HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITHOUT CC/MCC1.6310
- 483MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES2.7719
- 485KNEE PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION WITH MCC3.2271
- 486KNEE PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION WITH CC2.0911
- 487KNEE PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION WITHOUT CC/MCC1.5662
- 488KNEE PROCEDURES WITHOUT PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION WITH CC/MCC1.7689