MS DRGs dimension

This dimension manages the MS DRGs for hospital acute care providers. Codes and descriptions will generally match industry standards or your organization's source systems and data standards.

TIP: You can manage your dimension tables by downloading them in spreadsheet form so that you can make larger changes more easily. You can then upload the spreadsheet with the changes back into the system. For more information, see Editing a dimension using a spreadsheet.

Accessing the dimension

From the Enterprise Decision Support home page, in the Data control section, select Maintain data > Reference dimensions > DRGs > MS DRGs.

Filtering records

To filter records

  1. Select the funnel icon in the upper left corner of the page.

  2. In the Filter box, you can narrow down the records to appear by selecting or creating a filter using the Filter Wizard. To access the Filter Wizard, select Edit. If you are familiar with writing filter statements, you can enter the statement syntax directly in the Filter box.
  3. Select Apply.

Adding or editing an MS DRG

To add or edit an MS DRG

  1. Do one of the following:

    • To add an MS DRG, select Add Row. A new row appears at the bottom of the table.

      IMPORTANT: If you add a new record that already exists in the table, the system will overwrite the original column values with your new entries when you save your changes. We recommend that you review your entries before saving any changes.

    • To edit an MS DRG, in the Actions column, select the notepad icon .

  2. Complete the columns by referring to the following "Column descriptions" section.

  3. When you finish making changes, select Save. Any new records appear in the table in order by the MSDRG ID column.

Deleting an MS DRG

To delete an MS DRG

  1. In the Actions column for the existing MS DRG, select the trash can icon .

  2. At the confirmation prompt, select OK.

Column descriptions

This section provides descriptions for each column in the table:

NOTE: The table may show some columns that are related to other Syntellis products, or have been created specifically for your organization. If you need help with these columns, contact your Syntellis Implementation Consultant or Syntellis Support.

MSDRG ID - Axiom ID assigned to the MS DRG.

MSDRG - Value for the MS DRG.

Description - Description for the value.

TIP: To help make reports more readable, we recommend that you do not use all capital letters in the description content.