MS-DRG 544 is a Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group for "PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/M". DRGs are used by Medicare to classify hospital cases into groups for payment purposes. Each DRG has a payment weight based on the average resources used to treat patients in that group.

How have hospitalizations for this DRG changed over time?

Medicare hospitalization data for MS-DRG 544 is available from 2013 to 2023. The charts above show the historical trends in hospitalizations and average charges over this period.

MS-DRG 544

PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/M

Hospitalizations (2023)

3,083

+8.7%vs 2022

Average Charges (2023)

$34,663

+1.3%vs 2022

Hospitalization Trends

Average Charges

Frequently Asked Questions

Related ICD-10 Codes

This MS-DRG is associated with 280 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes:

C40.00Malignant neoplasm of scapula and long bones of unspecified upper limb

C40.01Malignant neoplasm of scapula and long bones of right upper limb

C40.02Malignant neoplasm of scapula and long bones of left upper limb

C40.10Malignant neoplasm of short bones of unspecified upper limb

C40.11Malignant neoplasm of short bones of right upper limb

C40.12Malignant neoplasm of short bones of left upper limb

C40.20Malignant neoplasm of long bones of unspecified lower limb

C40.21Malignant neoplasm of long bones of right lower limb

C40.22Malignant neoplasm of long bones of left lower limb

C40.30Malignant neoplasm of short bones of unspecified lower limb

C40.31Malignant neoplasm of short bones of right lower limb

C40.32Malignant neoplasm of short bones of left lower limb

C40.80Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of unspecified limb

C40.81Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of right limb

C40.82Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of left limb

C40.90Malignant neoplasm of unspecified bones and articular cartilage of unspecified limb

C40.91Malignant neoplasm of unspecified bones and articular cartilage of right limb

C40.92Malignant neoplasm of unspecified bones and articular cartilage of left limb

C41.0Malignant neoplasm of bones of skull and face

C41.1Malignant neoplasm of mandible

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Data source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

MS-DRG 544

What is MS-DRG 544?

How many hospitalizations were there for PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/M in 2023?

What is the average cost for PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/M?

How have hospitalizations for this DRG changed over time?

MS-DRG 544

What is MS-DRG 544?

How many hospitalizations were there for PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/M in 2023?

What is the average cost for PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/M?

How have hospitalizations for this DRG changed over time?