AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1984 September - October

DRG Validation Rules Published

by Betty Fuchs, RRA, staff specialist, Division of Quality Control Management, American Hospital Association On August 31, 1984, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) published Final Rules on Changes to the Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System in the Federal Register. Changes affecting medical record departments are included in section 405.472, DRG Validation. Specifically, this section addresses the new requirement of separating the physician attestation and notification statements. The new requirements for each statement, effective October 1, 1984, appear below. Physician Attestation Statement The new wording of the physician attestation statement is as follows: "I certify that the narrative...

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