Major Diagnostic Category
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major-diagnostic-category-234-18155597
title:
Major Diagnostic Category
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The Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC) are formed by dividing all possible principal diagnoses into 25 mutually exclusive diagnosis areas. MDC codes, like diagnosis-related group (DRG) codes, are primarily a claims and administrative data element unique to the United States medical care reimbursement system. DRG codes also are mapped, or grouped, into MDC codes. The diagnoses in each MDC correspond to a single organ system or cause and, in general, are associated with a particular medical special
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Categories of medical diagnoses into 25 diagnosis areas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Diagnostic_Category
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2023-04-28T22:25:13Z
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