DRG Coding Advisor: New DRGs posted in CMS memorandum this year
May 1, 2002 less than 1 minute read
DRG Coding Advisor: New DRGs posted in CMS memorandum this year
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted changes to cardiac DRGs, which took effect April 1, 2002.
The changes apply only to cardiovascular DRGs, and there are no changes in the total joint replacement DRGs for FY 2002, the CMS memorandum states.
Here are the changes:
- DRG 104: Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedure with cardiac catheterization.
- DRG 105: Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization.
- DRG 106: Coronary bypass with PTCA.
- DRG 107: Coronary bypass with cardiac catheterization.
- DRG 109: Coronary bypass with cardiac catheterization.
- DRG 124: Circulatory disorders except AMI with catheterization and complex diagnosis.
- DRG 125: Circulatory disorders except AMI with catheterization, but without complex diagnosis.
- DRG 514: Cardiac defibrillator implant with cardiac cath (previously part of DRG 104).
- DRG 515: Cardiac defibrillator implant without cardiac cath (previously part of DRG 105).
- DRG 516: PTCA with AMI (previously part of DRG 112).
- DRG 517: PTCA with stent, but without AMI (previously part of DRG 116).
- DRG 518: PTCA without stent and or AMI (previously part of DRG 112).
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