697 MS-DRG: URETHRAL STRICTURE
MS-DRG 697 groups Medicare inpatient hospital stays for: URETHRAL STRICTURE. This is a medical MS-DRG. It falls under MDC 11 (Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract).
Payment & Classification Data
Official CMS values from the FY2027 IPPS Final Rule Table 5.
| Major Diagnostic Category | MDC 11 — Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract |
| DRG Type | Medical |
| Severity Level | N/A |
| Relative Weight | 0.9644 |
| Relative Weight (10% Cap Applied) | 0.97 |
| Geometric Mean Length of Stay | 2.5 days |
| Arithmetic Mean Length of Stay | 3.5 days |
| Post-Acute Transfer DRG | No |
| Special Pay Transfer DRG | No |
Defining Codes (FY2027)
38 diagnosis codes can drive assignment here: N35.010, N35.011, N35.012, N35.013, N35.014, N35.016, N35.021, N35.028, N35.111, N35.112, N35.113, N35.114 and 26 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 697 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 11 — Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract[MDC]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027
Defining diagnoses (38)
- N35.010 — Post-traumatic urethral stricture, male, meatal[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- N35.011 — Post-traumatic bulbous urethral stricture[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- N35.012 — Post-traumatic membranous urethral stricture[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- N35.013 — Post-traumatic anterior urethral stricture[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- N35.014 — Post-traumatic urethral stricture, male, unspecified[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- N35.016 — Post-traumatic urethral stricture, male, overlapping sites[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- N35.021 — Urethral stricture due to childbirth[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- N35.028 — Other post-traumatic urethral stricture, female[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- and 30 more
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