This variable is contained in the following files: Inpatient File (Encounter, Preliminary File), Skilled Nursing Facility (Encounter, Preliminary File), Inpatient File (Encounter, Final File), Skilled Nursing Facility (Encounter, Final File)
Short SAS Name
DRVD_DRG_CD
SAS Name
DRVD_DRG_CD
The Medicare Severity diagnostic related group (MS-DRG) to which a hospital claim belongs for prospective payment purposes that is derived by the Encounter Data Processing System (EDPS).
This element is returned from 3M . It is calculated based on the diagnoses, procedures, age, sex, discharge status on an encounter record.
Source: Encounter Data System (EDS)