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Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with CC

Relative weight
2.1079
V44.0
In effect · V44.0 MDC 05 Surgical
Severity family
242 243 244

Same base procedure, split by complication and comorbidity level.

MDC 05 — Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory 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 2.1079
V43.1 FY 2026 (Apr-Sep) 2026-04-01 2.1309
V43.0 FY 2026 (Oct-Mar) 2025-10-01 2.1309
V42.1 FY 2025 (Apr-Sep) 2025-04-01 2.2528
V42.0 FY 2025 (Oct-Mar) 2024-10-01 2.2528
V41.1 FY 2024 (Apr-Sep) 2024-04-01 2.2776
V41.0 FY 2024 (Oct-Mar) 2023-10-01 2.2776
V40.1 FY 2023 (Apr-Sep) 2023-04-01 2.3440
V40.0 FY 2023 (Oct-Mar) 2022-10-01 2.3440

Range 2.1079 to 2.3440. A dash means the DRG did not exist in that version.

Combinations that reach this DRG

760 procedure clusters across 58 codes. A cluster groups differently from its member codes, so none of these appear in the list above.

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