MS-DRG 666Surgical
Prostatectomy with CC
Major Diagnostic Category 11·Grouped by procedure·FY 2027
MS-DRG 666 is a Surgical Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group under Major Diagnostic Category 11 (MDC 11) with a Complication or Comorbidity (CC). For FY 2027 it carries a relative weight of 1.8058 with a geometric mean length of stay of 3.7 days and an arithmetic mean of 5 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:
- 1.8058 (payment multiplier vs. the average case (1.0))
- Geometric mean stay:
- 3.7 days (used for transfer payments)
- Average stay:
- 5 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.
Procedure codes (18)
ICD-10-PCS procedures that can group a stay to DRG 666.
- 0V500Z3Destruction of Prostate using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach
- 0V500ZZDestruction of Prostate, Open Approach
- 0V503Z3Destruction of Prostate using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach
- 0V503ZZDestruction of Prostate, Percutaneous Approach
- 0V504Z3Destruction of Prostate using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0V504ZZDestruction of Prostate, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0V507ZZDestruction of Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
- 0V508ZZDestruction of Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
- 0VB07ZZExcision of Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
- 0VB08ZZExcision of Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
- 0VT00ZEResection of Prostate, Open Approach, Capsule Intact
- 0VT00ZZResection of Prostate, Open Approach
- 0VT04ZEResection of Prostate, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Capsule Intact
- 0VT04ZZResection of Prostate, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0VT07ZEResection of Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, Capsule Intact
- 0VT07ZZResection of Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
- 0VT08ZEResection of Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, Capsule Intact
- 0VT08ZZResection of Prostate, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic