948
MS-DRG 948 — SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC
DRGMedicalMDC 23
FY2026 payment factors
- Relative weight
- 0.8005
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.60
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 3.40
- 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 23
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.
- 939O.R. PROCEDURES WITH DIAGNOSES OF OTHER CONTACT WITH HEALTH SERVICES WITH MCC3.6285
- 940O.R. PROCEDURES WITH DIAGNOSES OF OTHER CONTACT WITH HEALTH SERVICES WITH CC2.3369
- 941O.R. PROCEDURES WITH DIAGNOSES OF OTHER CONTACT WITH HEALTH SERVICES WITHOUT CC/MCC2.0277
- 945REHABILITATION WITH CC/MCC1.5486
- 946REHABILITATION WITHOUT CC/MCC1.1468
- 947SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITH MCC1.2694
- 949AFTERCARE WITH CC/MCC1.1897
- 950AFTERCARE WITHOUT CC/MCC0.6277
- 951OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS0.5560