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DELSA/ELSA/WD/HTP(2008)1ANNEX 2: VIRTUAL MDC-ASSIGNMENTCode lists in ICD-10-WHO for simulation of MDC assignment.• M-1 Code list for MDC-8 (Postoperative hip fracture)• M-2 Code list for MDC-9 (Decubitus ulcer)• M-3 Code list for MDC-14 (Postoperative PE or DVT, Postoperative sepsis, Decubitus ulcer,Postop hip fracture, Complications of anaesthesia)• M-4 Code list for MDC-15 (Optional use for identification of neonates)• M-5 Code list for MDC-4 (Postoperative respiratory failure)• M-6 Code list for MDC-5 (Postoperative respiratory failure)MDC-AlgorithmAlgorithm for virtual MDC-Assignment for ICD-10-countries without DRG reimbursementCase, PDx algorithm had beenapplied beforePDx = DX in Appendix M?yesExclude case as required in thecalculation flowchartsnoContinueCalculationCode lists are adapted from:• German Diagnosis Related Groups, Version 2006. Definitionshandbuch. Institut für dasEntgeltsystem im Krankenhaus gGmbH (InEK), Siegburg, Germany, and• Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups V 4.1. Definitions Manual, Vol. 1-3. Commonwealthof Australia 1998App.150