Inpatient Facility Coding & Compliance Alert
You Be the Coder:
Assign the Correct DRG for Appendectomy with Peritoneal Abscess
Published on Fri Jul 17, 2015
Question: A patient is due for appendectomy. She also has a peritoneal abscess and is morbidly obese. Which DRG should she be assigned into?
Minnesota Subscriber
Answer: The case is of appendectomy with a complicated principal diagnosis. She has a CC of 278.01 (Morbid obesity). This comes under the MDC 06- category of diseases and disorders of the digestive system. She would be suitable case for the DRG 339 (Appendectomy W complicated principal diag W CC).
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