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939

O.R. Procedures with Diagnoses of Other Contact with Health Services with MCC

Relative weight
3.2657
V44.0
In effect · V44.0 MDC 23 Surgical
Severity family
939 940 941

Same base procedure, split by complication and comorbidity level.

MDC 23 — Factors Influencing Health Status and Other Contacts with Health Services

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 3.2657
V43.1 FY 2026 (Apr-Sep) 2026-04-01 3.6285
V43.0 FY 2026 (Oct-Mar) 2025-10-01 3.6285
V42.1 FY 2025 (Apr-Sep) 2025-04-01 3.1740
V42.0 FY 2025 (Oct-Mar) 2024-10-01 3.1740
V41.1 FY 2024 (Apr-Sep) 2024-04-01 3.2153
V41.0 FY 2024 (Oct-Mar) 2023-10-01 3.2153
V40.1 FY 2023 (Apr-Sep) 2023-04-01 3.0971
V40.0 FY 2023 (Oct-Mar) 2022-10-01 3.0971

Range 3.0971 to 3.6285. A dash means the DRG did not exist in that version.

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Relative weight is not payment: actual reimbursement also applies wage index, capital, DSH and IME adjustments, and outliers. Group an encounter to see which DRG it actually lands in.

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