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Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium

V44.0 23 MS-DRGs 15 surgical 8 medical

Surgical hierarchy

In the order the grouper applies them, highest first. A patient with several procedures is assigned to the highest surgical class one of them belongs to, so this ordering decides the DRG, not the order procedures appear on the claim.

  1. 1 Cesarean Section with Sterilization
    • 783 Cesarean Section with Sterilization with MCC 2.2486
    • 784 Cesarean Section with Sterilization with CC 1.0452
    • 785 Cesarean Section with Sterilization without CC/MCC 0.8745
  2. 2 Cesarean Section without Sterilization
    • 786 Cesarean Section without Sterilization with MCC 1.6377
    • 787 Cesarean Section without Sterilization with CC 1.0862
    • 788 Cesarean Section without Sterilization without CC/MCC 0.9125
  3. 3 Vaginal Delivery with O.R. Procedures Except Sterilization and/or D&C
    • 768 Vaginal Delivery with O.R. Procedures Except Sterilization and/or D&C 1.0511
  4. 4 Vaginal Delivery with Sterilization and/or D&C
    • 796 Vaginal Delivery with Sterilization and/or D&C with MCC 1.1810
    • 797 Vaginal Delivery with Sterilization and/or D&C with CC 0.9807
    • 798 Vaginal Delivery with Sterilization and/or D&C without CC/MCC 0.9250
  5. 5 Abortion with D&C, Aspiration Curettage or Hysterotomy
    • 770 Abortion with D&C, Aspiration Curettage or Hysterotomy 1.0992
  6. 6 Other Antepartum Diagnoses with O.R. Procedures
    • 817 Other Antepartum Diagnoses with O.R. Procedures with MCC 2.0534
    • 818 Other Antepartum Diagnoses with O.R. Procedures with CC 1.2942
    • 819 Other Antepartum Diagnoses with O.R. Procedures without CC/MCC 0.7739
  7. 7 Postpartum and Post Abortion Diagnoses with O.R. Procedures
    • 769 Postpartum and Post Abortion Diagnoses with O.R. Procedures 1.6673

Medical DRGs

8 medical DRGs. The surgical hierarchy does not apply to these, so they are listed by number.