DRG Expert

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Purchase Options

Qty	Edition & Format	Availability	Price
	2011 Expert Spiral Item #: DRG11 ISBN #: 9781601513786	Sep 2010	$119.95
	2011 Expert eBook Item #: 6089 ISBN #: 9781601513793	Sep 2010	CALL
	2010 Expert Spiral Item #: 5069 ISBN #: 9781601512932	IN STOCK	$119.95

Features and benefits

• Visual indicators notify you of special alerts. Easily identify CC and MCC restrictions, special payment status, transfer DRG status, surgical/medical partitioning, and other requirements.
• Medicare CMS rate structure. Updated to provide current relative weight (RW), geometric mean length-of-stay (GMLOS), and arithmetic mean length-of-stay (AMLOS) for each MS-DRG under IPPS.
• MS-DRG structure. Every diagnosis and procedure code that defines each DRG is listed.
• LTC-DRG crosswalk and current rate structure. Know what the RW and length-of-stay data are for each MS-DRG under the LTCH prospective payment system.
• MDC diagnosis list. Complete list of mutually exclusive diagnoses defining each MDC.
• Transfer DRG symbol. Indicates a DRG selected as a qualified discharge that may be paid at the per diem rate.
• Average national payment. Listed for every MS-DRG as a quick benchmark comparison.
• Updates posted online. Stay abreast of regulatory changes posted on the website, created exclusively for DRG Expert customers.
• Easily locate the correct DRG. Use the numeric or alphabetic index to quickly identify a DRG based on its diagnosis or procedure code.
• Surgical hierarchy table. Quickly find the DRG hierarchy for multiple procedure cases to help you assign the code that reflects the greatest resource utilization.
• Alphabetic and numeric indexes. Search for DRGs by the numeric codes or by code titles for fast look-up.
• Icons indicate which CC subclass the DRG belongs to based upon the presence or absence of CCs or major CCs (MCCs).
• Complete list of diagnoses considered CCs and MCCs.
• Full titles for each MS-DRG. Selection of the correct DRG begins with knowing its accurate and complete description.