Derived MS-Diagnosis Related Group Code (MS-DRG)

SAS Name
DRVD_DRG_CD

The Medicare Severity diagnostic related group (MS-DRG) to which a hospital claim belongs for prospective payment purposes that is derived by the Encounter Data Processing System (EDPS).

Comments

This element is returned from 3M . It is calculated based on the diagnoses, procedures, age, sex, discharge status on an encounter record.

Source: Encounter Data System (EDS)