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Table 4 DRGs with higher percentages of high LOS outliers

From: Factors influencing hospital high length of stay outliers

DRG *

DRG description

DRG weight

Number of stays

% outliers

236

FRACTURES OF HIP & PELVIS

0.8932

13,994

8.4

203

MALIGNANCY OF HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM OR PANCREAS

1.5427

29,369

7.2

584

SEPTICEMIA W MAJOR CC

2.1069

14,286

6.4

202

CIRRHOSIS & ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS

1.2736

40,548

6.2

395

RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS AGE >17

0.7048

33,459

6.2

112

PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROC W/O AMI,HEART FAILURE OR SHOCK

1.5594

16,895

6.2

205

DISORDERS OF LIVER EXCEPT MALIG,CIRR,ALC HEPA W CC

1.4658

13,259

6.1

206

DISORDERS OF LIVER EXCEPT MALIG,CIRR,ALC HEPA W/O CC

0.9732

22,295

6.1

133

ATHEROSCLEROSIS W/O CC

0.5287

12,244

6.1

179

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

0.9492

11,867

6.0

172

DIGESTIVE MALIGNANCY W CC

1.8601

36,407

6.0

078

PULMONARY EMBOLISM

0.9890

12,024

6.0

036

RETINAL PROCEDURES

1.3777

18,196

6.0

  1. * DRGs both with more than 10.000 stays and 6% outliers (AP-DRG v.21).