(I had meant to post this to the entire list, but inadvertently sent it only to Andreas -- so
here it is, with my apologies. ...hj)
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Subject: Re: DRG grouper
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 07:21:19 -0500
From: HJ Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The following definition from "Slee's Health Care Terms" (4th ed). (a
reference work for
*non-clinical* US health care terminology).
GROUPER:
A specific computer program (logic) by which patient bills under Medicare are
classified to
their DRGs, using the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) (see under
data set) which
contains diagnoses and procedures coded to ICD-9-CM along with other
standardized information
about the patient. This program is also used for other types of care, such as
HIPPS codes for
home health care.
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You can access this resource online at http://HCTonline.net via a free 24 hour
trial. For
people doing Debian-Med development, I can probably arrange free subscriptions,
since I have an
"inside contact" with the publisher (tringa.com) %-)
p.s. HCTonline.net runs on Debian potato!! ...hj
Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Pep Roca wrote:
>
>
>>I am new in this list and I want to know if there is a free DRG Grouper?
>
> Sorry, what is an DRG Grouper?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Andreas.
>
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>
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