MCMCB Pro
896

MS-DRG 896ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT REHABILITATION THERAPY WITH MCC

DRGMedicalMDC 20

FY2026 payment factors

Relative weight
1.7451
Geometric mean LOS
4.80
Arithmetic mean LOS
7.00
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 20

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.

  • 894ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE, LEFT AMA0.6169
  • 895ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITH REHABILITATION THERAPY1.4156
  • 897ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT REHABILITATION THERAPY WITHOUT MCC0.8828
MS-DRG (IPPS Table 5)FY2026