Major Diagnostic Category

  • MDC 00 - Pre-MDC
  • MDC 01 - Diseases & Disorders of the Nervous System
  • MDC 02 - Diseases & Disorders of the Eye
  • MDC 03 - Diseases & Disorders of the Ear, Nose, Mouth & Throat
  • MDC 04 - Diseases & Disorders of the Respiratory System
  • MDC 05 - Diseases & Disorders of the Circulatory System
  • MDC 06 - Diseases & Disorders of the Digestive System
  • MDC 07 - Diseases & Disorders of the Hepatobiliary System & Pancreas
  • MDC 08 - Diseases & Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System & Connective Tissue
  • MDC 09 - Diseases & Disorders of the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue & Breast
  • MDC 10 - Endocrine, Nutritional & Metabolic Diseases & Disorders
  • MDC 11 - Diseases & Disorders of the Kidney & Urinary Tract
  • MDC 12 - Diseases & Disorders of the Male Reproductive System
  • MDC 13 - Diseases & Disorders of the Female Reproductive System
  • MDC 14 - Pregnancy, Childbirth & the Puerperium
  • MDC 15 - Newborns & Other Neonates with Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period
  • MDC 16 - Diseases & Disorders of Blood, Blood Forming Organs, Immunologic Disorders
  • MDC 17 - Myeloproliferative Diseases & Disorders, Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms
  • MDC 18 - Infectious & Parasitic Diseases, Systemic or Unspecified Sites
  • MDC 19 - Mental Diseases & Disorders
  • MDC 20 - Alcohol/Drug Use & Alcohol/Drug Induced Organic Mental Disorders
  • MDC 21 - Injuries, Poisonings & Toxic Effects of Drugs
  • MDC 22 - Burns
  • MDC 23 - Factors Influencing Health Status & Other Contacts with Health Services
  • MDC 24 - Multiple Significant Trauma
  • MDC 25 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections
  • MDC 99 - Other

Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRG) for MDC-04

  • CC = Complication or Comorbidity
  • MCC = Major Complication or Comorbidity
    • DRG 175 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITH MCC
    • DRG 176 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITHOUT MCC
    • DRG 177 - RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC
    • DRG 178 - RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC
    • DRG 179 - RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 180 - RESPIRATORY NEOPLASMS WITH MCC
    • DRG 181 - RESPIRATORY NEOPLASMS WITH CC
    • DRG 182 - RESPIRATORY NEOPLASMS WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 183 - MAJOR CHEST TRAUMA WITH MCC
    • DRG 184 - MAJOR CHEST TRAUMA WITH CC
    • DRG 185 - MAJOR CHEST TRAUMA WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 186 - PLEURAL EFFUSION WITH MCC
    • DRG 187 - PLEURAL EFFUSION WITH CC
    • DRG 188 - PLEURAL EFFUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 189 - PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE
    • DRG 190 - CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC
    • DRG 191 - CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH CC
    • DRG 192 - CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 193 - SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC
    • DRG 194 - SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC
    • DRG 195 - SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 196 - INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE WITH MCC
    • DRG 197 - INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE WITH CC
    • DRG 198 - INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 199 - PNEUMOTHORAX WITH MCC
    • DRG 200 - PNEUMOTHORAX WITH CC
    • DRG 201 - PNEUMOTHORAX WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 202 - BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA WITH CC/MCC
    • DRG 203 - BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA WITHOUT CC/MCC
    • DRG 204 - RESPIRATORY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
    • DRG 205 - OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCC
    • DRG 206 - OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITHOUT MCC
    • DRG 207 - RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT >96 HOURS OR PERIPHERAL EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO)
    • DRG 208 - RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT <= 96 HOURS