MS-DRG 696 – Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms without MCC
A Medical DRG in MDC 11 (Diseases & Disorders of the Kidney & Urinary Tract). Inpatient cases group to DRG 696 when the ICD-10-CM principal diagnosis is one of the 81 codes listed below and no secondary diagnosis on the MCC list is present. Its FY 2026 relative weight is 0.6890 with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.3 days.
Severity family
The grouper first assigns the case to MDC 11 from the principal diagnosis and finds no qualifying operating-room procedure (this is a Medical DRG; ICD-10-PCS codes do not drive assignment here), then applies the severity split from secondary diagnoses: with MCC → 695; without MCC → 696.
Principal Diagnosis Codes 81 codes · 13 categories
E72 Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism4 codes
N39 Other disorders of urinary system11 codes
- N39.3 Stress incontinence (female) (male)
- N39.41 Urge incontinence
- N39.42 Incontinence without sensory awareness
- N39.43 Post-void dribbling
- N39.44 Nocturnal enuresis
- N39.45 Continuous leakage
- N39.46 Mixed incontinence
- N39.490 Overflow incontinence
- N39.491 Coital incontinence
- N39.492 Postural (urinary) incontinence
- N39.498 Other specified urinary incontinence
R30 Pain associated with micturition3 codes
R31 Hematuria5 codes
R32 Unspecified urinary incontinence1 code
- R32 Unspecified urinary incontinence
R33 Retention of urine3 codes
R35 Polyuria4 codes
R36 Urethral discharge2 codes
R39 Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system21 codes
- R39.0 Extravasation of urine
- R39.11 Hesitancy of micturition
- R39.12 Poor urinary stream
- R39.13 Splitting of urinary stream
- R39.14 Feeling of incomplete bladder emptying
- R39.15 Urgency of urination
- R39.16 Straining to void
- R39.191 Need to immediately re-void
- R39.192 Position dependent micturition
- R39.198 Other difficulties with micturition
- R39.2 Extrarenal uremia
- R39.81 Functional urinary incontinence
- R39.82 Chronic bladder pain
- R39.83 Unilateral non-palpable testicle
- R39.84 Bilateral non-palpable testicles
- R39.851 Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, right side
- R39.852 Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, left side
- R39.853 Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, bilateral
- R39.859 Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, unspecified side
- R39.89 Other symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
- R39.9 Unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
R80 Proteinuria5 codes
R82 Other and unspecified abnormal findings in urine15 codes
- R82.0 Chyluria
- R82.3 Hemoglobinuria
- R82.5 Elevated urine levels of drugs, medicaments and biological substances
- R82.6 Abnormal urine levels of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source
- R82.71 Bacteriuria
- R82.79 Other abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine
- R82.81 Pyuria
- R82.89 Other abnormal findings on cytological and histological examination of urine
- R82.90 Unspecified abnormal findings in urine
- R82.91 Other chromoabnormalities of urine
- R82.991 Hypocitraturia
- R82.992 Hyperoxaluria
- R82.993 Hyperuricosuria
- R82.994 Hypercalciuria
- R82.998 Other abnormal findings in urine
R93 Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other body structures5 codes
- R93.41 Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of renal pelvis, ureter, or bladder
- R93.421 Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of right kidney
- R93.422 Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of left kidney
- R93.429 Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of unspecified kidney
- R93.49 Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of other urinary organs
Procedure Codes
Frequently Asked Questions
What is MS-DRG 696?
MS-DRG 696 (Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms without MCC) is a medical DRG in MDC 11 (Diseases & Disorders of the Kidney & Urinary Tract). Its FY 2026 relative weight is 0.6890 with a geometric mean length of stay of 2.3 days.
What is the difference between DRG 695, 696?
All 2 share the same base category; the severity of secondary diagnoses separates them: 695 (with MCC), 696 (without MCC). A major complication or comorbidity (MCC) places the case in the highest-weighted DRG of the family; a CC in the middle; neither in the lowest.
How many diagnosis codes group to DRG 696?
81 ICD-10-CM principal diagnosis codes group to this DRG, spanning 13 three-character categories.
What is the relative weight of DRG 696?
The FY 2026 relative weight of this DRG is 0.6890, meaning reimbursement of roughly 0.69 times the average Medicare inpatient case. Multiply by a hospital's blended base rate for the approximate payment.
