052 MS-DRG: SPINAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES WITH CC/MCC
MS-DRG 052 groups Medicare inpatient hospital stays for: SPINAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES WITH CC/MCC. This is a medical MS-DRG. It falls under MDC 01 (Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System).
Payment & Classification Data
Official CMS values from the FY2027 IPPS Final Rule Table 5.
| Major Diagnostic Category | MDC 01 — Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System |
| DRG Type | Medical |
| Severity Level | CC/MCC |
| Relative Weight | 1.7837 |
| Relative Weight (10% Cap Applied) | 1.7837 |
| Geometric Mean Length of Stay | 4.2 days |
| Arithmetic Mean Length of Stay | 5.7 days |
| Post-Acute Transfer DRG | No |
| Special Pay Transfer DRG | No |
Defining Codes (FY2027)
223 diagnosis codes can drive assignment here: G04.1, G80.0, G80.1, G80.2, G82.20, G82.21, G82.22, G82.50, G82.51, G82.52, G82.53, G82.54 and 211 more.
From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and E). Assignment also depends on severity, discharge status and the rest of the claim.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of 052 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.
Major Diagnostic Category
- MDC 01 — Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System[MDC]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027
Defining diagnoses (223)
- G04.1 — Tropical spastic paraplegia[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- G80.0 — Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- G80.1 — Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- G80.2 — Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- G82.20 — Paraplegia, unspecified[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- G82.21 — Paraplegia, complete[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- G82.22 — Paraplegia, incomplete[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- G82.50 — Quadriplegia, unspecified[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- and 215 more
DRG family
- DRG 053 — SPINAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC[DRG family]: “SPINAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC — same CMS DRG family (052-053), split by severity.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (DRG family 052-053) · FY2027
Read from: CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v44. All data sources · How to read the labels · How MedCoder verifies its implementation
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