A patient undergoes percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with stent placement and also receives a pacemaker insertion during the same admission. How does this affect MS-DRG assignment?
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A
Only the pacemaker insertion is used because it has the higher relative weight
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B
Both procedures are coded; the grouper selects the DRG that optimally captures the resource use
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C
PTCA takes precedence because it was performed first
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D
The two procedures cancel each other out and a medical DRG is assigned