| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
This patch provides the annual update to the Medicare Severity Diagnosis
II. Revised DRG relative weights & average length of stay (ALOS)
values for all DRGs.
III. DRG Reclassification changes to the Grouper.
IV. Additional DRG-related data for the new ICD codes introduced by
patch LEX*2.0*123 (released September 23, 2019).
Related Group (MS-DRG) Grouper version 37.
1) INC6959379 - FY2020 ICD DRG Grouper annual update patch needed
The following changes are published in the Federal Register, Vol. 84,
No. 159, dated August 16, 2019 with an effective date of October 1,
2019. All page references below are for this annual update and
resource documents can be found at https://www.cms.gov/.
Changes include:
I. Revised DRGs.
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