MS-DRG 862 — POSTOPERATIVE AND POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITH MCC

DRGMedicalMDC 18

FY2026 payment factors

Relative weight: 1.8237
Geometric mean LOS: 5.00
Arithmetic mean LOS: 6.60
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 18

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.

853INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC4.9386
854INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC1.9981
855INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.4972
856POSTOPERATIVE OR POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC4.5487
857POSTOPERATIVE OR POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC2.1415
858POSTOPERATIVE OR POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC1.3929
863POSTOPERATIVE AND POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC0.9979
864FEVER AND INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS0.8877
865VIRAL ILLNESS WITH MCC1.4983
866VIRAL ILLNESS WITHOUT MCC0.8696
867OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES DIAGNOSES WITH MCC2.0932
868OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES DIAGNOSES WITH CC1.0311
869OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC0.7297
870SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS6.9118
871SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC1.9425
872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC1.0233