255/2015 Sb.



The COMMUNICATION FROM the



The Czech Statistical Office



of 23 December 2003. September 2015



to update the classification of hospitalized patients (IR-DRG)



The Czech Statistical Office, pursuant to section 19, paragraph. 2 of the law No. 89/1995 Coll., on

the national statistical service, to announce with effect from 1. January 2016

the update classification of hospitalized patients IR-DRG (hereinafter referred to as

"IR-DRG classification"), established by the communication of the Czech Statistical Office No.

427/2005 of 13 June 2005. October 2005, as amended.



Classification Of IR-DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups International-Refined

International zpřesněné of the group related to the diagnosis) allows you to

to classify patients in the acute hospital care on the basis of their

Clinical similarities and the comparability of the cost of their hospital

the stay.



For the classification of the IR-DRG for the year 2016 issued by definition manual version

013 (pdf format), a program for the automated classification of cases to the DRG

According to this classification (called grouper), Czech version 013 and binding

the methodological materials and dials for use within IR-DRG classification,

version 013. For the classification of the IR-DRG patients in the acute hospital care

during the year 2015 is a valid definition manual version 012.2015 (format

PDF), program for automated classification of cases to the DRG under this

Classification (called grouper), a Czech version of the 012.2015 and binding methodological

materials and dials for use in classification of IR-DRG version

012.2015. For the release and distribution of the above materials corresponds to the

The Ministry of health of the Czech Republic Palackého náměstí 4, 128 01

Prague 2.



Definition manual and grouper for the classification of the IR-DRG can be obtained in the

the electronic form of the procedure set out on the website

www.mzcr.cz. Binding methodological materials and dials for use in

the IR-DRG are also published on this Web

pages.



Chair:



in of Ing. Rojíček, Ph.d., in r.