MS-DRG v44.0 · MDC 11: Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
696 — Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms without MCC
- Relative weight
- 0.6679
- Geometric mean LOS
- 2.3 days
- Arithmetic mean LOS
- 2.9 days
- Type
- Medical
About MS-DRG 696
MS-DRG 696, Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms without MCC, is a medical DRG in MDC 11 (Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract) under MS-DRG version 44.0, which applies to inpatient discharges from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Its FY2027 relative weight is 0.6679, so Medicare's base payment for this DRG is about 0.67 times the average inpatient case (below average), before hospital-specific adjustments. The geometric mean length of stay is 2.3 days and the arithmetic mean is 2.9 days.
It belongs to a 2-level severity family: DRG 695 (with MCC, weight 1.1139) and DRG 696 (without MCC, weight 0.6679). The highest-severity level carries 1.7 times the weight of the lowest, which is why documenting CC and MCC conditions matters.
81 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 696 (81)
Chapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system
- N39.3Stress incontinence (female) (male)
- N39.41Urge incontinence
- N39.42Incontinence without sensory awareness
- N39.43Post-void dribbling
- N39.44Nocturnal enuresis
- N39.45Continuous leakage
- N39.46Mixed incontinence
- N39.490Overflow incontinence
- N39.491Coital incontinence
- N39.492Postural (urinary) incontinence
- N39.498Other specified urinary incontinence
Chapter 18: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
- R30.0Dysuria
- R30.1Vesical tenesmus
- R30.9Painful micturition, unspecified
- R31.0Gross hematuria
- R31.1Benign essential microscopic hematuria
- R31.21Asymptomatic microscopic hematuria
- R31.29Other microscopic hematuria
- R31.9Hematuria, unspecified
- R32Unspecified urinary incontinence
- R33.0Drug induced retention of urine
- R33.8Other retention of urine
- R33.9Retention of urine, unspecified
- R35.0Frequency of micturition
- R35.1Nocturia
- R35.81Nocturnal polyuria
- R35.89Other polyuria
- R36.0Urethral discharge without blood
- R36.9Urethral discharge, unspecified
- R39.0Extravasation of urine
- R39.11Hesitancy of micturition
- R39.12Poor urinary stream
- R39.13Splitting of urinary stream
- R39.14Feeling of incomplete bladder emptying
- R39.15Urgency of urination
- R39.16Straining to void
- R39.191Need to immediately re-void
- R39.192Position dependent micturition
- R39.198Other difficulties with micturition
- R39.2Extrarenal uremia
- R39.81Functional urinary incontinence
- R39.82Chronic bladder pain
- R39.83Unilateral non-palpable testicle
- R39.84Bilateral non-palpable testicles
- R39.851Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, right side
- R39.852Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, left side
- R39.853Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, bilateral
- R39.859Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, unspecified side
- R39.89Other symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
- R39.9Unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
- R80.0Isolated proteinuria
- R80.1Persistent proteinuria, unspecified
- R80.3Bence Jones proteinuria
- R80.8Other proteinuria
- R80.9Proteinuria, unspecified
- R82.0Chyluria
- R82.3Hemoglobinuria
- R82.5Elevated urine levels of drugs, medicaments and biological substances
- R82.6Abnormal urine levels of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source
- R82.71Bacteriuria
- R82.79Other abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine
- R82.81Pyuria
- R82.89Other abnormal findings on cytological and histological examination of urine
- R82.90Unspecified abnormal findings in urine
- R82.91Other chromoabnormalities of urine
- R82.991Hypocitraturia
- R82.992Hyperoxaluria
- R82.993Hyperuricosuria
- R82.994Hypercalciuria
- R82.998Other abnormal findings in urine
- R93.41Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of renal pelvis, ureter, or bladder
- R93.421Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of right kidney
- R93.422Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of left kidney
- R93.429Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of unspecified kidney
- R93.49Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of other urinary organs
- R94.4Abnormal results of kidney function studies
- R94.8Abnormal results of function studies of other organs and systems
Common questions about DRG 696
What is the relative weight of DRG 696?
- 0.6679 for FY2027 (MS-DRG v44.0), from the IPPS final rule Table 5.
What is the average length of stay for DRG 696?
- The geometric mean length of stay is 2.3 days; the arithmetic mean is 2.9 days.
Is DRG 696 medical or surgical?
- DRG 696 is a medical DRG.