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A post-discharge query would affect a patient's APR-DRG SOI and ROM subclasses but would NOT change the MS-DRG assignment. This query is still clinically valuable primarily because:

It can retroactively increase Medicare reimbursement after the claim is paid It improves accuracy of quality reporting, outcomes benchmarking, and Medicaid or commercial payer reimbursement CMS regulations require all post-discharge queries within 60 days of discharge It eliminates the requirement for present-on-admission (POA) indicator review

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It improves accuracy of quality reporting, outcomes benchmarking, and Medicaid or commercial payer reimbursement

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