Measuring Veterans Medicare Health Services Use

The Medicare claims use ICD-9 diagnosis codes. Diagnosis codes are found in all files with the exception of the Medicare part D data. In addition to the ICD-9 codes, inpatient and MedPAR files also include the diagnostic related group, or DRG. There are several ways procedures and diagnosis codes can be used in research. ................
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