896
MS-DRG 896 — ALCOHOL, 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.