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Module 01 Discussion – Reimbursement Concepts (MS DRG), Revenue Cycle, and UHDDS

Complete the following questions.

Part 1: Describe the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (MS-DRGs)
including what determines the MS-DRG and the relationship to ICD-10-CM diagnosis
codes.

Part 2: What is the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS)? How does it
relate to medical coding?

Part 3: Discuss the coding professional’s role in the revenue cycle and the effect

coding has on reimbursement.