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name

DRG SURGICAL HIERARCHY

number

80.5

location

^ICDRS(

description

This is the Surgical Hierarchy file. It is populated with data from CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services). The data is used to determine the DRG (Diagnosis Related Group) by MDC (Major Diagnostic Category) in surgical order of importance.

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	effective date(+)	0;1	DATE-TIME		B	Effective Date for these rules
1	mdc	1;0	MULTIPLE	80.51