921 MS-DRG: COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC
MS-DRG 921 groups Medicare inpatient hospital stays for: COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC. This is a medical MS-DRG. It falls under MDC 21 (Injuries, Poisonings and Toxic Effects of Drugs).
Payment & Classification Data
Official CMS values from the FY2027 IPPS Final Rule Table 5.
| Major Diagnostic Category | MDC 21 — Injuries, Poisonings and Toxic Effects of Drugs |
| DRG Type | Medical |
| Severity Level | None |
| Relative Weight | 0.6722 |
| Relative Weight (10% Cap Applied) | 0.6722 |
| Geometric Mean Length of Stay | 2 days |
| Arithmetic Mean Length of Stay | 2.5 days |
| Post-Acute Transfer DRG | No |
| Special Pay Transfer DRG | No |
Defining Codes (FY2027)
338 diagnosis codes can drive assignment here: D47.Z1, D78.01, D78.02, D78.11, D78.12, D78.21, D78.22, D78.31, D78.32, D78.33, D78.34, D78.81 and 326 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 921 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 21 — Injuries, Poisonings and Toxic Effects of Drugs[MDC]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027
Defining diagnoses (338)
- D47.Z1 — Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- D78.01 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure on the spleen[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- D78.02 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating other procedure[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- D78.11 — Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure on the spleen[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- D78.12 — Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during other procedure[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- D78.21 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- D78.22 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following other procedure[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- D78.31 — Postprocedural hematoma of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen[Grouper diagnosis]— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2027
- and 330 more
DRG family
- DRG 919 — COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH MCC[DRG family]: “COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH MCC — same CMS DRG family (919-921), split by severity.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (DRG family 919-921) · FY2027
- DRG 920 — COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH CC[DRG family]: “COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH CC — same CMS DRG family (919-921), split by severity.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (DRG family 919-921) · 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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