A nurse is involved with the billing process for the primary care setting where he or she works. The nurse identifies which data set as the one commonly referred to as the daily rate guide?
A) Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Systems
B) International Classification of Disease-Clinical Modification (ICD-CM)
C) Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups
D) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)

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Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups (MS-DRGs) are used to classify hospital cases into various groups to facilitate payment of hospital services by Medicare. This system assigns a "daily rate" or "per case" payment to each group, making it a common reference as a daily rate guide in the billing process.

A Nurse Is Involved with the Billing Process for the Primary