Question: A patient is due for appendectomy with peritoneal abscess. She also has anemia. Which DRG should she be assigned into?
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Answer: The case is of appendectomy with peritoneal abscess. She has a CC 285.9 (Anemia unspecified). This comes under the MDC 06 (Diseases and disorders of the digestive system). She would be a suitable case for the DRG 340 (Appendectomy W complicated principal diag W/O CC/MCC).