Identify MS-DRG shifts as ICD-10 nears
Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies, January 29, 2014
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Inpatient coders will see an entirely new coding system October 1 when they begin officially using ICD-10-PCS. However, MS-DRGs are not changing. The only thing that is changing is what codes map to a particular MS-DRG.
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