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012

Tracheostomy for Face, Mouth and Neck Diagnoses or Laryngectomy with CC

Relative weight
4.3810
V44.0
In effect · V44.0 Pre-MDC Surgical
Severity family
011 012 013

Same base procedure, split by complication and comorbidity level.

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 4.3810
V43.1 FY 2026 (Apr-Sep) 2026-04-01 4.2160
V43.0 FY 2026 (Oct-Mar) 2025-10-01 4.2160
V42.1 FY 2025 (Apr-Sep) 2025-04-01 4.1037
V42.0 FY 2025 (Oct-Mar) 2024-10-01 4.1037
V41.1 FY 2024 (Apr-Sep) 2024-04-01 4.0049
V41.0 FY 2024 (Oct-Mar) 2023-10-01 4.0049
V40.1 FY 2023 (Apr-Sep) 2023-04-01 3.9095
V40.0 FY 2023 (Oct-Mar) 2022-10-01 3.9095

Range 3.9095 to 4.3810. A dash means the DRG did not exist in that version.

Codes that reach this DRG

10 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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