Diagnosis-Related Groups

**Definition:** A system for classifying patient care by relating common characteristics such as diagnosis, treatment, and age to an expected consumption of hospital resources and length of stay. Its purpose is to provide a framework for specifying case mix and to reduce hospital costs and reimbursements and it forms the cornerstone of the prospective payment system.

**Tree numbers:** - N03.219.521.710.305.200.080

**Synonyms:** - Diagnosis-Related Group - DRGs - DRG - Diagnostic-Related Group - Group, Diagnostic-Related - Diagnosis Related Group - Groups, Diagnostic-Related