Specific Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group Codes Increase the Predictability of 30-Day Unplanned Hospital Readmission After Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Background: The Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group coding system (MS-DRG) is routinely used by hospitals for reimbursement purposes following pancreatic surgery. We aimed to determine whether specific pancreatectomy MS-DRG codes, when combined with distinct clinicopathologic and perioperative...

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Published in:	Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery Vol. 22; no. 11; pp. 1920 - 1928
Main Authors:	Xourafas, Dimitrios, Merath, Katiuscha, Spolverato, Gaya, Ashley, Stanley W., Cloyd, Jordan M., Pawlik, Timothy M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier B.V. Nov2018
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost