Abstracting

CMG: Case Mix Group
IRF: Medicare Inpatient Facility Assessment Instrument

Financial class is determined by a patient's insurance. Medicare, Workers Comp, Blue Shield, etc. These classes are maintained in the MIS Financial Class Dictionary. M might denote for Medicare for example.

ABS Status: INPROCESS,NONE,FINAL

DRG Status:
A (admit) BAR.PAT.drg.status = 1
I (intermediate) BAR.PAT.drg.status = 2
F (final) BAR.PAT.drg.status = 3

PAT Status: IN, CLI, ER, RCR, REF, SDC & POV.

BAR Status for an account: BD (bad debt), FB (final billed), IB (interim billed, UB (unbilled).

Lookups: DRG (diagnosis related group), CMG (case mix group), MCC (major clinical categories), APG (ambulatory patient grouping), APC (ambulatory payment classification)

OSHPD: http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/mircal/index.htm

A coder uses the ABS module to summarize important or necessary data elements for the purpose of charging, stats (required by various agencies) & archiving.