Question

Case Study 1.17 Evaluate the following MS-DRG assignments for accuracy, Defend your answers and provide corrections if necessary. Report only Q2 (10 points) A 68-year-old female was admitted from skilled nursing with complaints of right flank pain and fever. This developed one day after her last dialysis treatment for CRF. Lab work was drawn, urinalysis performed, and a KUB showed evidence of a renal calculus. The urinalysis indicated a UTI, and the patient was admitted for definitive treatment of the streptococcal B UTI and renal calculus. IV antibiotics were administered and increased fluids flushed the stone. By the third day, the UTI seemed to be clearing so the patient was discharged back to skilled care. Her hypertension was controlled during her admission with Atenolol. MS-DRG assigned 694 Admit diagnosis R10.9 Principal diagnosis N20.0 Secondary diagnosis N39.0 B95.1 110 N18.9

Answer 1

Patient is CRF. In the above study there is no significant history of MS. Therefore there is no need of MS Drugs.

Patient can be diagnosed with CRF and hypertension as per the above case study.