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023

Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex CNS Principal Diagnosis with MCC or Antineoplastic Implant or Epilepsy with Neurostimulator

Relative weight
5.7444
V44.0
In effect · V44.0 MDC 01 Surgical
Severity family
023 024

Same base procedure, split by complication and comorbidity level.

MDC 01 — Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System

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 5.7444
V43.1 FY 2026 (Apr-Sep) 2026-04-01 5.7303
V43.0 FY 2026 (Oct-Mar) 2025-10-01 5.7303
V42.1 FY 2025 (Apr-Sep) 2025-04-01 5.7051
V42.0 FY 2025 (Oct-Mar) 2024-10-01 5.7051
V41.1 FY 2024 (Apr-Sep) 2024-04-01 5.6688
V41.0 FY 2024 (Oct-Mar) 2023-10-01 5.6688
V40.1 FY 2023 (Apr-Sep) 2023-04-01 5.7314
V40.0 FY 2023 (Oct-Mar) 2022-10-01 5.7314

Range 5.6688 to 5.7444. A dash means the DRG did not exist in that version.

Codes that reach this DRG

1429 procedures and 369 diagnoses. Each maps here on its own; procedure clusters can also reach this DRG through combinations, listed separately below. Too many to list: this is a catch-all class that sweeps in most of the code set, so the count is more informative than the codes.

Diagnoses

Combinations that reach this DRG

114 procedure clusters across 31 codes. A cluster groups differently from its member codes, so none of these appear in the list above.

Title changes

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