1. to join or attach by stitches. 2. to make, repair, etc., by such means: She sewed her own wedding gown. 3. to enclose or secure with stitches: to sew flour in a bag. 4. to close (a hole, wound, etc.) by means of stitches (usu. fol. by up). 5. to work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine.
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.
Payment is per stay Payment is no longer per day. APR-DRG makes one payment for the hospital stay. Increased importance of diagnosis and procedure coding Assignment of base APR-DRG and level of severity is driven by the number, nature and interaction of diagnoses and comorbidities as well as procedure codes.