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Healthcare News: Recovery Auditors identify problems with billing of MS-DRG 857
Improper ICD-9-CM code assignment led to incorrect grouping of claims to MS-DRG 857 (postoperative or posttraumatic infections with operating room procedure with complications and comorbidities), according to Recovery Auditors. CMS released the findings in the July 2014 Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter.
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