HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2020 Issue 33 (September)

Reassess ICD-10-PCS reporting, MS-DRG assignment for implantable defibrillators

September 1st, 2020

Sarah Nehring, CCS, CCDS, RHIT, writes that the increased complexity and cost of implantable cardiac defibrillator devices is reflected in the higher relative weight and longer length of stay for these MS-DRGs compared to pacemaker MS-DRGs.

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