MS-DRG v44.0 · MDC 01: Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System
096 — Bacterial and Tuberculous Infections of Nervous System without CC/MCC
- Relative weight
- 2.3213
- Geometric mean LOS
- 4.5 days
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 5.2 days
- Type
- Medical
About MS-DRG 096
MS-DRG 096, Bacterial and Tuberculous Infections of Nervous System without CC/MCC, is a medical DRG in MDC 01 (Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System) under MS-DRG version 44.0, which applies to inpatient discharges from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Its FY2027 relative weight is 2.3213, so Medicare's base payment for this DRG is about 2.32 times the average inpatient case, before hospital-specific adjustments. The geometric mean length of stay is 4.5 days and the arithmetic mean is 5.2 days.
It belongs to a 3-level severity family: DRG 094 (with MCC, weight 3.4124), DRG 095 (with CC, weight 2.3492) and DRG 096 (without CC/MCC, weight 2.3213). The highest-severity level carries 1.5 times the weight of the lowest, which is why documenting CC and MCC conditions matters.
23 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes are part of this DRG's grouping logic; they are listed below.
ICD-10-CM codes that group to DRG 096 (23)
Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- A02.21Salmonella meningitis
- A17.0Tuberculous meningitis
- A17.1Meningeal tuberculoma
- A17.81Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord
- A17.82Tuberculous meningoencephalitis
- A17.83Tuberculous neuritis
- A17.89Other tuberculosis of nervous system
- A39.0Meningococcal meningitis
- A39.81Meningococcal encephalitis
- A54.81Gonococcal meningitis
Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system
- G00.0Hemophilus meningitis
- G00.1Pneumococcal meningitis
- G00.2Streptococcal meningitis
- G00.3Staphylococcal meningitis
- G00.8Other bacterial meningitis
- G00.9Bacterial meningitis, unspecified
- G01Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere
- G04.2Bacterial meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis, not elsewhere classified
- G06.0Intracranial abscess and granuloma
- G06.1Intraspinal abscess and granuloma
- G06.2Extradural and subdural abscess, unspecified
- G07Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere
- G61.0Guillain-Barre syndrome
Common questions about DRG 096
What is the relative weight of DRG 096?
- 2.3213 for FY2027 (MS-DRG v44.0), from the IPPS final rule Table 5.
What is the average length of stay for DRG 096?
- The geometric mean length of stay is 4.5 days; the arithmetic mean is 5.2 days.
Is DRG 096 medical or surgical?
- DRG 096 is a medical DRG.