Assessment of Autologous Procedures under Conditions of the Current G-DRG System

Abstract

Autologous hemotherapy does not have any relevance in the current reimbursement system but can be reflected by coding in the OPS catalogue 2006 within the G-DRG (German Refined Diagnosis Related Group) system. Code quality of these procedures can certainly be improved in order to ameliorate the basis of calculation within the DRGs. Autologous procedures play an important role within the perioperative DRG process with respect to quality improvement and cost reduction. Calculation algorithms which are generally valid should be established to precisely evaluate previous findings.