MS-DRG 790 — EXTREME IMMATURITY OR RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEONATE

DRGMedicalMDC 15

FY2026 payment factors

Relative weight: 5.9435
Geometric mean LOS: 17.90
Arithmetic mean LOS: 17.90
Post-acute transfer: No

Other DRGs in MDC 15

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.

789NEONATES, DIED OR TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER ACUTE CARE FACILITY1.8022
791PREMATURITY WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS4.0590
792PREMATURITY WITHOUT MAJOR PROBLEMS2.4492
793FULL TERM NEONATE WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS4.1696
794NEONATE WITH OTHER SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS1.4759
795NORMAL NEWBORN0.1998