260 MS-DRG: CARDIAC PACEMAKER REVISION EXCEPT DEVICE REPLACEMENT WITH MCC
MS-DRG 260 groups Medicare inpatient hospital stays for: CARDIAC PACEMAKER REVISION EXCEPT DEVICE REPLACEMENT WITH MCC. This is a surgical MS-DRG. It falls under MDC 05 (Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System).
Payment & Classification Data
Official CMS values from the FY2026 IPPS Final Rule Table 5.
MS-DRG 260 is not in the FY2027 MS-DRG list. The values below are CMS's FY2026 values and apply only to discharges in that fiscal year.
| Major Diagnostic Category | MDC 05 — Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System |
| DRG Type | Surgical |
| Severity Level | MCC |
| Relative Weight | 3.2528 |
| Relative Weight (10% Cap Applied) | 3.2528 |
| Geometric Mean Length of Stay | 5.5 days |
| Arithmetic Mean Length of Stay | 7.7 days |
| Post-Acute Transfer DRG | No |
| Special Pay Transfer DRG | No |
Contextual Map
Every relationship of 260 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 05 — Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System[MDC]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual
DRG family
- DRG 261 — CARDIAC PACEMAKER REVISION EXCEPT DEVICE REPLACEMENT WITH CC[DRG family]: “CARDIAC PACEMAKER REVISION EXCEPT DEVICE REPLACEMENT WITH CC — same CMS DRG family (260-262), split by severity.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (DRG family 260-262)
- DRG 262 — CARDIAC PACEMAKER REVISION EXCEPT DEVICE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC[DRG family]: “CARDIAC PACEMAKER REVISION EXCEPT DEVICE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC — same CMS DRG family (260-262), split by severity.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (DRG family 260-262)
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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