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Episode Clinical Summary	Table of Contents				
HIP REPLACEMENT/REVISION					
Episode Characteristic	Episode Information				
Episode Overview	This episode includes clinically related services for patients with a hip replacement or revision as the primary reason for an inpatient hospitalization. 				
Episode Subtype Overviews	N/A				
Episode Type	Procedural				
Trigger Rules	"IP hospital admission with a trigger DRG and trigger ICD-9 procedure code, and concurrent surgical trigger CPT-4 code on carrier claim"				
Start Date	3 days before admission to trigger hospital stay 				
Grouping Rules	"Services occurring between the episode start and end date are grouped to the episode using the following grouping rules:
? Service only: Groups services with one of the specified procedure codes listed in the episode?s definition.
? Service-diagnosis pair: Groups services with one of the specified procedure codes only if paired with one of the specified diagnosis codes.
? Service-procedure pair:  Groups services only if paired with relevant procedure code on the same claim. 
The list of codes in the episode's definition can be found on the following page. "				
"Closing Rules
(End Date)"	30 days after discharge from trigger IP hospital stay				
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