DRG 483 - Major Joint/Limb Reattachment Procedure of Upper Extremities

Published 02/25/2020

DRG 483
Each of the Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups is defined by a particular set of patient attributes which include principal diagnosis, specific secondary diagnoses, procedures, sex and discharge status.

DRG 483: Major Joint/Limb Reattachment Procedure of Upper Extremities. The MS-DRG Definition Manual, Version 37, is available on the CMS website.

Top ICD Diagnosis Codes for DRG 560: Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Complication or Comorbidity (CC):

 

DRG Diagnosis

483

Acute Post-Hemorrhagic Anemia

Top ICD Procedure Codes for DRG 483: Major Joint/Limb Reattachment Procedure of Upper Extremities:

 

DRG Procedure

M19011

Primary Osteoarthritis, Right Shoulder

4019

Unspecified Essential Hypertension

M19012

Primary Osteoarthritis, Left Shoulder

Below is the FY 2020 Final Rule and Correction Notice Tables; Table 5 — List of MS-DRG codes, Relative Weighting (RW) Factors and Geometric and Arithmetic Mean Length of Stay (GMLOS/AMLOS), found on the CMS website.

Further information is available on the CMS Acute Inpatient PPS webpage and on the Dexur website.


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