Addition of Medical Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRG) Subject to Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Replaced Devices Offered Without Cost or With a Credit Policy
Change Request (CR) 11508 adds Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups (MS-DRGs) 319 and 320 (Other Endovascular Cardiac Valve Procedures with and without major complications and comorbidities (MCC), respectively) to the list of MS-DRGs subject to the policy for replaced devices offered without cost or with a credit.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: November 01, 2019
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