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CMS Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRG) Grouper (Version 29.0) (software distributed on magnetic tape or cartridge) Documentation.

PB2011101128

Publication Date	2011
Page Count	0
Abstract	This is documentation for the CMS Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRG) Grouper Version 29.0 Product. The Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs) Grouper software classifies hospital case types into groups expected to have similar hospital resource use. Medicare uses this classification to pay for inpatient hospital care. Hospitals are paid a fixed price by Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) for treating Medicare patients. The groupings are based on diagnoses, procedures, other demographic information, and the presence of complications or co-morbidities. Minimally, the grouper consists of three programs. One of the programs consists of tables which contain information for all valid diagnoses, procedures, and DRGs. The diagnosis and procedure tables were prepared from the CPHA ICD-9-CM codes and abbreviated description tape (December 1979 revision) and the additional codes documented in the Federal Registers detailed final grouper changes for versions 4.0 through 29.0. Plain text (EBCDIC) versions of the tables embedded in the programs are supplied as well.
Keywords	Diagnosis related groups Medicare Severity Claims Error detection codes Software Administration Classification systems Patients Demography Hospitals Discharge(Health facilities) Health care costs Billing Coding Claim review Health insurance Documentation CD-ROM CMS(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) CMS Grouper Software/Medicare Code Editor(CMSG/MCE)
Source Agency	Health Care Finance Administration Office of Management and Budget
Corporate Authors	Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, MD.
Supplemental Notes	This is documentation for PB2011-595101, Version 29.0.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Software documentation.
NTIS Issue Number	201122

CMS Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRG) Grouper (Version 29.0) (software distributed on magnetic tape or cartridge) Documentation.

CMS Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRG) Grouper (Version 29.0) (software distributed on magnetic tape or cartridge) Documentation.
PB2011101128

Publication Date	2011
Page Count	0
Abstract	This is documentation for the CMS Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRG) Grouper Version 29.0 Product. The Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs) Grouper software classifies hospital case types into groups expected to have similar hospital resource use. Medicare uses this classification to pay for inpatient hospital care. Hospitals are paid a fixed price by Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) for treating Medicare patients. The groupings are based on diagnoses, procedures, other demographic information, and the presence of complications or co-morbidities. Minimally, the grouper consists of three programs. One of the programs consists of tables which contain information for all valid diagnoses, procedures, and DRGs. The diagnosis and procedure tables were prepared from the CPHA ICD-9-CM codes and abbreviated description tape (December 1979 revision) and the additional codes documented in the Federal Registers detailed final grouper changes for versions 4.0 through 29.0. Plain text (EBCDIC) versions of the tables embedded in the programs are supplied as well.
Keywords	Diagnosis related groups Medicare Severity Claims Error detection codes Software Administration Classification systems Patients Demography Hospitals Discharge(Health facilities) Health care costs Billing Coding Claim review Health insurance Documentation CD-ROM CMS(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) CMS Grouper Software/Medicare Code Editor(CMSG/MCE)
Source Agency	Health Care Finance Administration Office of Management and Budget
Corporate Authors	Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, MD.
Supplemental Notes	This is documentation for PB2011-595101, Version 29.0.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Software documentation.
NTIS Issue Number	201122