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Coding changes could affect benchmarking.

Published in Healthcare benchmarks and quality improvement • Aug 1, 2006

Abstract

CMS intends to move to a severity-adjusted system for DRGs; number of codes may double. ICD-10 will allow for more specific codes, which could affect benchmark data. Understanding the new codes and data will be critical to uncovering opportunities for improvement.

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