DRG 071

Medical DRG

Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with CC

TypeMedicalMDC01Dx Codes34

What is MS-DRG 071?

MS-DRG 071 is a Medical Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group under Major Diagnostic Category 01 (MDC 01) with a Complication or Comorbidity (CC). It maps to 34 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes. For FY 2026 it carries a relative weight of 1.0260 with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.3 days and an arithmetic mean of 4.4 days. Hospitals use this grouping to determine reimbursement for inpatient stays under Medicare.

Classification

Medical DRG

Diagnosis-driven grouping

MDC

Major Diagnostic Category 01

Linked Codes

34 diagnosis

Billable Dx

100%

34 of 34 shown

FY 2026 Payment Data

Official values from Table 5 of the FY 2026 IPPS Final Rule (CMS).

Relative Weight

1.0260

Payment multiplier vs. average case (1.0)

Geometric Mean LOS

3.3 days

Used for transfer payment calculations

Arithmetic Mean LOS

4.4 days

Average length of stay

Post-Acute Transfer

Yes

Subject to the post-acute care transfer policy

Related MS-DRGs in This Severity Group

The same clinical condition is split into separate DRGs by complication severity. MCC pays more than CC, which pays more than no CC/MCC.

DRG	Title	Rel. Weight	GMLOS
070	Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with MCC	1.6648	4.5 days
071	Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with CCThis page	1.0260	3.3 days
072	Other Cerebrovascular Disorders without CC/MCC	0.7562	2.3 days

Linked ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Mappings

G32.89
Other specified degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere
BillableChapter 6
G45.4
Transient global amnesia
BillableChapter 6
G46.3
Brain stem stroke syndrome
BillableChapter 6
G46.4
Cerebellar stroke syndrome
BillableChapter 6
G46.5
Pure motor lacunar syndrome
BillableChapter 6
G46.6
Pure sensory lacunar syndrome
BillableChapter 6
G46.7
Other lacunar syndromes
BillableChapter 6
G46.8
Other vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseases
BillableChapter 6
G93.40
Encephalopathy, unspecified
BillableChapter 6
G93.41
Metabolic encephalopathy
BillableChapter 6
G93.42
Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts
BillableChapter 6
G93.43
Leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts
BillableChapter 6
G93.44
Adult-onset leukodystrophy with axonal spheroids
BillableChapter 6
G93.45
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
BillableChapter 6
G93.49
Other encephalopathy
BillableChapter 6
G93.81
Temporal sclerosis
BillableChapter 6
G93.89
Other specified disorders of brain
BillableChapter 6
G93.9
Disorder of brain, unspecified
BillableChapter 6
G96.810
Intracranial hypotension, unspecified
BillableChapter 6
G96.811
Intracranial hypotension, spontaneous
BillableChapter 6
G96.819
Other intracranial hypotension
BillableChapter 6
G96.89
Other specified disorders of central nervous system
BillableChapter 6
G96.9
Disorder of central nervous system, unspecified
BillableChapter 6
G98.0
Neurogenic arthritis, not elsewhere classified
BillableChapter 6
G98.8
Other disorders of nervous system
BillableChapter 6
G99.8
Other specified disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere
BillableChapter 6
I67.2
Cerebral atherosclerosis
BillableChapter 9
I67.4
Hypertensive encephalopathy
BillableChapter 9
I67.83
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
BillableChapter 9
I67.850
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
BillableChapter 9
I67.858
Other hereditary cerebrovascular disease
BillableChapter 9
I67.9
Cerebrovascular disease, unspecified
BillableChapter 9
I68.0
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
BillableChapter 9
I68.8
Other cerebrovascular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
BillableChapter 9