Mood disorders were top principal diagnosis for Medicaid super-utilizers in the United States in 2012.
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Additional formats are created to exclude conditions that may be complications or that may be related to the principal diagnosis.
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DRGs which reach MDC 0 are assigned to the MDC for the principal diagnosis instead of to the MDC associated with the designated DRG.
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Patients assigned to MDC 25 ( HIV Infections ) must have a principal diagnosis of an HIV Infection or a principal diagnosis of a significant HIV related condition and a secondary diagnosis of an HIV Infection.
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Patients assigned to MDC 25 ( HIV Infections ) must have a principal diagnosis of an HIV Infection or a principal diagnosis of a significant HIV related condition and a secondary diagnosis of an HIV Infection.
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In the original research paper that described the APACHE II score ( see references ), patient prognosis ( specifically, predicted mortality ) was computed based on the patient's APACHE II score in combination with the principal diagnosis at admission.
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However, in 2013, Powell et al ., in the US, analysed 114, 611 ED admissions with a principal diagnosis consistent with sepsis, and found that the difference for overall inpatient mortality ( in terms of the weekend ) was not significant ( 17.9 % vs 17.5 %, p = 0.08 ).
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