MS-DRG - 305 HYPERTENSION WITHOUT MCC

The Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group or MS-DRG is a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). This is the group for MS-DRG - 305 HYPERTENSION WITHOUT Major Complication or Comorbidity diseases in version MS-DRG V40.0 applicable from 10/01/2022 through 09/30/2023.

MS-DRG	MS-DRG Title	MCD	Relative Weight	Geometric LOS	Arithmetic LOS
305	HYPERTENSION WITHOUT MCC	05	0.7456 Relative Weight The relative weight of a diagnostic related group determines the reimbursement rate based on the severity of a patient's illness and the associated cost of care during hospitalization.	2.10 Geometric Length of Stay The geometric mean length of stay (GMLOS) is used by Medicare to calculate the reimbursement for patients whose medical treatment takes a much longer or shorter time than average.	2.60 Arithmetic Length of Stay The average length of stay (ALOS) reflects the average number of days a patient spends in a hospital for each admission.

ICD-10 Codes in Diagnostic Related Group

I10 - Essential (primary) hypertension BILLABLE CODE
I11.9 - Hypertensive heart disease without heart failure BILLABLE CODE
I15.0 - Renovascular hypertension BILLABLE CODE
I15.1 - Hypertension secondary to other renal disorders BILLABLE CODE
I15.2 - Hypertension secondary to endocrine disorders BILLABLE CODE
I15.8 - Other secondary hypertension BILLABLE CODE
I15.9 - Secondary hypertension, unspecified BILLABLE CODE
I16.0 - Hypertensive urgency BILLABLE CODE
I16.1 - Hypertensive emergency BILLABLE CODE
I16.9 - Hypertensive crisis, unspecified BILLABLE CODE
N26.2 - Page kidney BILLABLE CODE