868
MS-DRG 868 — OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES DIAGNOSES WITH CC
DRGMedicalMDC 18
FY2026 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 1.0311
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.40
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 4.30
- 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
- 862POSTOPERATIVE AND POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITH MCC1.8237
- 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
- 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