April 2023 Update to the Medicare Severity – Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) Grouper and Medicare Code Editor (MCE) Version 40.1 for the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Diagnosis Codes for Collection of Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs) and New ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) Codes
The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to implement new ICD-10-Clinical Modification (CM) codes for collection of health-related social needs (HRSNs) and also introduces new ICD-10-PCS codes to the Medicare Severity – Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRG) Grouper and Medicare Code Editor (MCE) version 40.1, effective for discharges on and after April 1, 2023. This Recurring Update Notification applies to chapter 3, section 20.3.4.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: December 15, 2022
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