Risk adjustment prospective payment system used by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for managed care organizations (MCOs). It uses a hierarchical diagnosis classification system and other demographic adjusters to foretell costs and establish payment amounts for managed care services to Medicare beneficiaries.
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Numerical order of diagnostic codes in which each digit beyond three digits adds information. See Box H-3 .Box H-3ALPHANUMERICAL CODES FOR ICD-10-CMFRACTURE OF UPPER LIMB (810-819)810 Fracture of clavicleIncludes: collar boneinterligamentous part of clavicleThe following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with category 810:0 unspecified partClavicle NOS1 sternal end of clavicle2 shaft of clavicle3 acromial end of clavicle 810.0ICD-10-CMS42.00 Closed fracture of clavicleS42.001 Closed fracture of right clavicleS42.002 Closed fracture of left clavicleS42.009 Closed fracture of clavicle, unspecified side