G-DRG-Version 2015-Its impact on our specialty

The DRG-2015 catalogue contains only moderate adjustments of DRGs and additional fees. 1.200 DRGs and 170 additional charges are now available. Priorities in the classificatory development were particular areas of intensive care, extreme costs, the treatment of children and the reduction of conflict potential in the encoding. As measured by the changes during the past few years, only sparse innovations for our specialty will ensue from this year's DRG-catalogue. The main novelty is the consideration of the relevance of expensive intensive care complex treatment (Super-SAPS). In order to be able to represent our area of expertise in the DRG system according to our performances in 2015 as well, the changes of this year's system must be integrated into our documentary routine.