Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with CC
Major Diagnostic Category 07·Grouped by diagnosis·FY 2027
MS-DRG 436 is a Medical Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group under Major Diagnostic Category 07 (MDC 07) with a Complication or Comorbidity (CC). It maps to 25 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes. For FY 2027 it carries a relative weight of 1.1224 with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.3 days and an arithmetic mean of 4.2 days. Hospitals use this grouping to determine reimbursement for inpatient stays under Medicare.
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FY 2027 payment data
From Table 5 of the FY 2027 IPPS Final Rule (CMS).
- Relative weight:
- 1.1224 (payment multiplier vs. the average case (1.0))
- Geometric mean stay:
- 3.3 days (used for transfer payments)
- Average stay:
- 4.2 days (arithmetic mean)
- Post-acute transfer policy:
- No (not subject to it)
Same condition, other severity levels
CMS splits one condition into separate DRGs by how sick the patient is. With MCC pays more than with CC, which pays more than without CC/MCC.
Diagnosis codes (25)
As the principal diagnosis, these ICD-10-CM codes can group to DRG 436. 100% of the codes listed are billable.
- C22.0Liver cell carcinoma
- C22.1Intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma
- C22.2Hepatoblastoma
- C22.3Angiosarcoma of liver
- C22.4Other sarcomas of liver
- C22.7Other specified carcinomas of liver
- C22.8Malignant neoplasm of liver, primary, unspecified as to type
- C22.9Malignant neoplasm of liver, not specified as primary or secondary
- C23Malignant neoplasm of gallbladder
- C24.0Malignant neoplasm of extrahepatic bile duct
- C24.1Malignant neoplasm of ampulla of Vater
- C24.8Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of biliary tract
- C24.9Malignant neoplasm of biliary tract, unspecified
- C25.0Malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas
- C25.1Malignant neoplasm of body of pancreas
- C25.2Malignant neoplasm of tail of pancreas
- C25.3Malignant neoplasm of pancreatic duct
- C25.4Malignant neoplasm of endocrine pancreas
- C25.7Malignant neoplasm of other parts of pancreas
- C25.8Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of pancreas
- C25.9Malignant neoplasm of pancreas, unspecified
- C78.7Secondary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile duct
- C7B.02Secondary carcinoid tumors of liver
- D01.5Carcinoma in situ of liver, gallbladder and bile ducts
- D37.6Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of liver, gallbladder and bile ducts
