A 5-year-old girl was admitted for dehydration due to gastroenteritis. The patient had been seen in the pediatrician’s office and was treated for gastroenteritis, but the patient’s family brought her to the emergency department when she became increasingly lethargic and weak. Intravenous fluids were administered for rehydration, and the patient was admitted for treatment of dehydration. During the two-day hospital stay, the patient’s gastroenteritis was also treated, but the focus of her treatment was to correct her dehydrated status. The pediatrician noted that the patient would not have been admitted for treatment of the noninfectious gastroenteritis alone.   Admit Diagnosis   Principal Diagnosis   Secondary Diagnoses   Principal Procedure   Secondary Procedures   Initial MS-DRG MS-DRG RW     Make dehydration the secondary diagnosis and gastroenteritis the principal diagnosis. Revised 1 MS-DRG MS-DRG RW       What did you learn about MS-DRG grouping from scenario 4?

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A 5-year-old girl was admitted for dehydration due to gastroenteritis. The patient had been seen in the pediatrician’s office and was treated for gastroenteritis, but the patient’s family brought her to the emergency department when she became increasingly lethargic and weak. Intravenous fluids were administered for rehydration, and the patient was admitted for treatment of dehydration. During the two-day hospital stay, the patient’s gastroenteritis was also treated, but the focus of her treatment was to correct her dehydrated status. The pediatrician noted that the patient would not have been admitted for treatment of the noninfectious gastroenteritis alone.

 

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Principal Diagnosis

 

Secondary Diagnoses

 

Principal Procedure

 

Secondary Procedures

 

Initial

MS-DRG

MS-DRG RW

   

Make dehydration the secondary diagnosis and gastroenteritis the principal diagnosis.

Revised 1

MS-DRG

MS-DRG RW

   

 

What did you learn about MS-DRG grouping from scenario 4?

 

 

 

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