974 — HIV with Major Related Condition with MCC

MS-DRG 974, HIV with Major Related Condition with MCC, is a medical DRG in MDC 25 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections) under MS-DRG version 44.0, which applies to inpatient discharges from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Its FY2027 relative weight is 3.0506, so Medicare's base payment for this DRG is about 3.05 times the average inpatient case, before hospital-specific adjustments. The geometric mean length of stay is 6.7 days and the arithmetic mean is 10 days.

It belongs to a 3-level severity family: DRG 974 (with MCC, weight 3.0506), DRG 975 (with CC, weight 1.3252) and DRG 976 (without CC/MCC, weight 0.8124). The highest-severity level carries 3.8 times the weight of the lowest, which is why documenting CC and MCC conditions matters.

477 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes are part of this DRG's grouping logic; they are listed below.