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6. Proposing the scope of DRGs is new but beneficial. Each hospital will have a lot of say in terms of its scope and approach to bundled payments, such as which DRGs will be included in its bundled payments, Ms. Baggot says.
For payers following CPT guidelines, these services are not separately reimbursed when performed in conjunction with a surgical procedure. They are clearly bundled as part of the global surgical package as outlined in the CPT introduction to the surgical section. Under Medicare's global service package rules, digital blocks have always been bundled when performed in conjunction with another procedure.