DRG PLUS! 2008 is the ultimate DRG Coding reference for hospital and payer coding staff. Includes all official DRG codes with ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes, comprehensive DRG selection instructions, full-color anatomical illustrations, and extensive indexes and appendices. DRG PLUS! 2008 is arranged by Major Diagnostic Category (MDC) code.

Each Major Diagnostic Category includes:

• A color-coded tree diagram illustrating the DRG structures for the major diagnostic Category.
• A list of all official DRG codes assigned to the major diagnostic Category, based on CMS Grouper 21.0 effective October 1, 2007 with the Geometric mean length of stay (GMLOS), arithmetic mean length of stay (AMLOS) and relative Weight (RW) for each DRG.
• A list of all iCd-9-Cm procedure and/or diagnoses codes, with full descriptions assigned to each DRG within the major diagnostic Category. Extensive color-coding and symbols are used to alert the user of important
Medicare edits.
• A detailed description of patient attributes which define each DRG in the major diagnostic Category.