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Record Layout / Sample Data

File Description / Details:

Description: DRG Codes, Descriptions, MDC, GMLOS, AMLOS, Relative Weights 
File Name: DRG

DRG Record Layout:
Field Type Size  Description
DRG Text 3 DRG Diagnosis Related Group 
POST_ACUTE Text 2 Final Rule Post-Acute DRG
SPECIAL_PAY Text 2 Final Rule Special Pay DRG
MDC Text 3 Major Diagnostic Category 
TYPE Text 5 Surgery or Medicine
DESC Text 72 DRG Diagnosis Related Group Description 
RW Num 1.4 Relative Value Weights
GMLOS Num 2.4 Geometric Mean Length of Stay
AMLOS Num 2.4 Arithmetic Mean Length of Stay

Sample DRG Data  
 
DRG Post_Acute Special_Pay MDC TYPE DESC RW GMLOS AMLOS
013 No No PRE SURG Tracheostomy for face,mouth & neck diagnoses w/o CC/MCC 1.8966 5.9 6.9
020 No No 01 SURG Intracranial vascular procedures w PDX hemorrhage w MCC 8.292 14.8 18.3
021 No No 01 SURG Intracranial vascular procedures w PDX hemorrhage w CC 6.3596 13.7 15.5
022 No No 01 SURG Intracranial vascular procedures w PDX hemorrhage w/o CC/MCC 4.1535 7.6 9.3
023 No No 01 SURG Cranio w major dev impl/acute complex CNS PDX w MCC or chemo implant 5.0584 8.9 12.7
024 No No 01 SURG Cranio w major dev impl/acute complex CNS PDX w/o MCC 3.4597 6.2 9
025 Yes No 01 SURG Craniotomy & endovascular intracranial procedures w MCC 5.0109 9.9 13
026 Yes No 01 SURG Craniotomy & endovascular intracranial procedures w CC 3.0058 6.4 8.2
027 Yes No 01 SURG Craniotomy & endovascular intracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC 2.1029 3.5 4.5
028 Yes Yes 01 SURG Spinal procedures w MCC 5.1919 10.7 14.3
029 Yes Yes 01 SURG Spinal procedures w CC or spinal neurostimulators 2.7943 5.1 7.1
030 Yes Yes 01 SURG Spinal procedures w/o CC/MCC 1.5385 2.8 3.7
031 Yes No 01 SURG Ventricular shunt procedures w MCC 4.3861 9.3 13.1
032 Yes No 01 SURG Ventricular shunt procedures w CC 1.9518 4 6
033 Yes No 01 SURG Ventricular shunt procedures w/o CC/MCC 1.3289 2.3 3
034 No No 01 SURG Carotid artery stent procedure w MCC 3.222 4.6 7.3
035 No No 01 SURG Carotid artery stent procedure w CC 2.0227 2.1 3.3
036 No No 01 SURG Carotid artery stent procedure w/o CC/MCC 1.5673 1.3 1.6
037 No No 01 SURG Extracranial procedures w MCC 3.0263 5.9 8.6

10/30/08