MDC 08 (Diseases and Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue): Spinal Fusion We received a request to reassign cases reporting spinal fusion procedures utilizing an aprevo TM customized interbody fusion device from the lower severity MS-DRG 455 (Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC) to the higher severity MS-DRG 453 (Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with MCC), from the lower severity MS-DRG 458 (Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Spinal Curvature, Malignancy, Infection or Extensive Fusions without CC/MCC) to the higher severity level MS-DRG 456 (Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Spinal Curvature, Malignancy, Infection or Extensive Fusions with MCC) when a diagnosis of malalignment is reported, and from MS-DRGs 459 and 460 (Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with MCC and without MCC, respectively) to MS-DRG 456
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