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004

Tracheostomy with MV >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth and Neck without Major O.R. Procedures

Relative weight
13.5832
V44.0
In effect · V44.0 Pre-MDC Surgical

Assigned before MDC logic runs, so it is driven by the procedure rather than the principal diagnosis. The grouper still reports the principal diagnosis's own MDC on a grouped claim.

Relative weight by grouper version

CMS publishes classification in the Definitions Manual and weights in Table 5 of the IPPS rule, one spreadsheet per year. These are the 9 versions this grouper supports.

Version Fiscal year Effective Relative weight
V44.0 FY 2027 2026-10-01 13.5832
V43.1 FY 2026 (Apr-Sep) 2026-04-01 13.8514
V43.0 FY 2026 (Oct-Mar) 2025-10-01 13.8514
V42.1 FY 2025 (Apr-Sep) 2025-04-01 14.1300
V42.0 FY 2025 (Oct-Mar) 2024-10-01 14.1300
V41.1 FY 2024 (Apr-Sep) 2024-04-01 14.7000
V41.0 FY 2024 (Oct-Mar) 2023-10-01 14.7000
V40.1 FY 2023 (Apr-Sep) 2023-04-01 13.7317
V40.0 FY 2023 (Oct-Mar) 2022-10-01 13.7317

Range 13.5832 to 14.7000. A dash means the DRG did not exist in that version.

Codes that reach this DRG

7 ICD-10-PCS procedures. Each maps here on its own; procedure clusters can also reach this DRG through combinations, listed separately below.

Procedures

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