DRG 178 — RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC

• MDC: 04 (Respiratory System)
• Type: MED
• Relative weight: 0.9742
• Geometric mean LOS: 3.1 days
• Arithmetic mean LOS: 3.9 days

Secondary diagnoses that don’t count toward severity

11 CC/MCC codes are excluded from severity when the case groups to DRGs 177-179 (Respiratory Infections and Inflammations): A48.1, J15.0–J15.29, J15.5–J15.69, J15.8.