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Diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) d. Prospective payment systems
and ambulatory patient
classifications (APCs) are similar in ** Both are types of prospective payment
that they are both: systems (Casto and Forrestal 2015, 6).
a. Determined by HCPCS codes
b. Focused on hospital
outpatients
c. Focused on hospital inpatients
d. Prospective payment systems
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A patient is treated for d. K74.60, I85.11
esophageal varices with
hemorrhage due to cirrhosis. The K74.60: Unspecified cirrhosis of liver
diagnostic codes that would be
assigned are: I85.11:Secondary esophageal varices with
bleeding
I85.01 Esophageal varices with
bleeding **The patient has cirrhosis of the liver with
I85.11 Secondary esophageal resulting bleeding esophageal varices.
varices with bleeding Cirrhosis of liver is sequenced first followed by
K74.60 Unspecified cirrhosis of the code for the bleeding esophageal varices
liver (HHS 2017, Section I.A.13, 11).
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Assign the code(s) for
bronchoscopy with bilateral
transbronchial biopsy for each
lobe of each lung.
31628 Bronchoscopy, rigid or
flexible, including fluoroscopic
guidance, when performed; with
transbronchial lung biopsy(s),
single lobe
31629 Bronchoscopy, rigid or
flexible, including fluoroscopic
guidance, when performed; with
transbronchial needle aspiration
biopsy(s), trachea, main stem
and/or lobar bronchus(i)
31632 Bronchoscopy, rigid or
flexible, including fluoroscopic
guidance, when performed; with
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