Nuances in ICD-10-CM Will Affect Some MS-DRG Assignments



ICD-10-CM guidelines and instructions note that differences from ICD-9-CM do impact MS-DRG assignment in some cases. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) conversion of the MS-DRGs from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS replicated the MS-DRGs, so the majority of MS-DRG assignments....