News: Trailblazer to begin prepayment reviews for four cardiac-related procedures
CDI Strategies, December 22, 2011
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Effective December 15, Trailblazer Health Enterprises, LLC, began prepay service-specific medical reviews of the following DRGs:
- DRG 227 (cardiac defibrillator implant without cardiac catheterization without major complications and comorbidities)
- DRG 251 (percutaneous cardiovascular procedure without coronary artery stent without major complications and comorbidities)
- DRG 253 (other vascular procedures with complications and comorbidities)
- DRG 254 (other vascular procedures without complications and comorbidities/major complications and comorbidities)
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