Outliers, DRG

**Definition:** In health care reimbursement, especially in the prospective payment system, those patients who require an unusually long hospital stay or whose stay generates unusually high costs.

**Tree numbers:** - N03.219.521.710.305.200.080.550

**Synonyms:** - Diagnosis-Related Group Outliers - DRG Outliers - Diagnostic-Related Group Outliers - Outliers, Diagnosis-Related Group