MS-DRG v44.0 · MDC 06: Diseases and Disorders of the Digestive System
372 — Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with CC
- Relative weight
- 0.9964
- Geometric mean LOS
- 3.5 days
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 4.3 days
- Type
- Medical
About MS-DRG 372
MS-DRG 372, Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with CC, is a medical DRG in MDC 06 (Diseases and Disorders of the Digestive 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 0.9964, so Medicare's base payment for this DRG is about 1.00 times the average inpatient case (below average), before hospital-specific adjustments. The geometric mean length of stay is 3.5 days and the arithmetic mean is 4.3 days.
It belongs to a 3-level severity family: DRG 371 (with MCC, weight 1.7089), DRG 372 (with CC, weight 0.9964) and DRG 373 (without CC/MCC, weight 0.6941). The highest-severity level carries 2.5 times the weight of the lowest, which is why documenting CC and MCC conditions matters.
It is subject to Medicare's post-acute care transfer policy, so payment can be reduced when a patient with a shorter-than-average stay is discharged to a skilled nursing facility, home health or another post-acute setting.
86 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 372 (86)
Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- A00.0Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar cholerae
- A00.1Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar eltor
- A00.9Cholera, unspecified
- A02.0Salmonella enteritis
- A03.0Shigellosis due to Shigella dysenteriae
- A03.1Shigellosis due to Shigella flexneri
- A03.2Shigellosis due to Shigella boydii
- A03.3Shigellosis due to Shigella sonnei
- A03.8Other shigellosis
- A03.9Shigellosis, unspecified
- A04.0Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection
- A04.1Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
- A04.2Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infection
- A04.3Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection
- A04.4Other intestinal Escherichia coli infections
- A04.5Campylobacter enteritis
- A04.6Enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica
- A04.71Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrent
- A04.72Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, not specified as recurrent
- A04.8Other specified bacterial intestinal infections
- A04.9Bacterial intestinal infection, unspecified
- A05.0Foodborne staphylococcal intoxication
- A05.2Foodborne Clostridium perfringens [Clostridium welchii] intoxication
- A05.3Foodborne Vibrio parahaemolyticus intoxication
- A05.4Foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication
- A05.5Foodborne Vibrio vulnificus intoxication
- A05.8Other specified bacterial foodborne intoxications
- A06.0Acute amebic dysentery
- A06.1Chronic intestinal amebiasis
- A06.2Amebic nondysenteric colitis
- A07.0Balantidiasis
- A07.1Giardiasis [lambliasis]
- A07.2Cryptosporidiosis
- A07.3Isosporiasis
- A07.4Cyclosporiasis
- A07.8Other specified protozoal intestinal diseases
- A07.9Protozoal intestinal disease, unspecified
- A18.31Tuberculous peritonitis
- A18.32Tuberculous enteritis
- A18.39Retroperitoneal tuberculosis
- A18.83Tuberculosis of digestive tract organs, not elsewhere classified
- A21.3Gastrointestinal tularemia
- A22.2Gastrointestinal anthrax
- A42.1Abdominal actinomycosis
- A54.85Gonococcal peritonitis
- B69.0Cysticercosis of central nervous system
- B69.1Cysticercosis of eye
- B69.81Myositis in cysticercosis
- B69.89Cysticercosis of other sites
- B69.9Cysticercosis, unspecified
- B70.1Sparganosis
- B71.0Hymenolepiasis
- B71.1Dipylidiasis
- B71.8Other specified cestode infections
- B71.9Cestode infection, unspecified
- B76.0Ancylostomiasis
- B76.1Necatoriasis
- B76.8Other hookworm diseases
- B76.9Hookworm disease, unspecified
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
- K35.200Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, without perforation or abscess
- K35.201Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with perforation, without abscess
- K35.209Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, without abscess, unspecified as to perforation
- K35.210Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, without perforation, with abscess
- K35.211Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with perforation and abscess
- K35.219Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with abscess, unspecified as to perforation
- K35.30Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis, without perforation or gangrene
- K35.31Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis and gangrene, without perforation
- K35.32Acute appendicitis with perforation, localized peritonitis, and gangrene, without abscess
- K35.33Acute appendicitis with perforation, localized peritonitis, and gangrene, with abscess
- K35.890Other acute appendicitis without perforation or gangrene
- K35.891Other acute appendicitis without perforation, with gangrene
- K63.0Abscess of intestine
- K65.0Generalized (acute) peritonitis
- K65.1Peritoneal abscess
- K65.2Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- K65.8Other peritonitis
- K65.9Peritonitis, unspecified
- K67Disorders of peritoneum in infectious diseases classified elsewhere
- K68.12Psoas muscle abscess
- K68.19Other retroperitoneal abscess
- K68.2Retroperitoneal fibrosis
- K68.3Retroperitoneal hematoma
- K68.9Other disorders of retroperitoneum
- K6A.01Prevesical abscess
- K6A.09Other pelvic abscess
- K6A.8Other diseases of the pelvis, not elsewhere classified
Common questions about DRG 372
What is the relative weight of DRG 372?
- 0.9964 for FY2027 (MS-DRG v44.0), from the IPPS final rule Table 5.
What is the average length of stay for DRG 372?
- The geometric mean length of stay is 3.5 days; the arithmetic mean is 4.3 days.
Is DRG 372 medical or surgical?
- DRG 372 is a medical DRG.