Odynophagia means painful swallowing. Sometimes it is not easy for individuals to distinguish between odynophagia and dysphagia. For example, food that sticks in the esophagus often is painful. Is this dysphagia or odynophagia or both? Technically it is dysphagia, but individuals may describe it as painful swallowing (i.e., odynophagia).
Case Mix Index (CMI) is a relative value assigned to a diagnosis-related group. (DRG/MSDRG) of patients in a medical care environment. The CMI value is used in. determining the allocation of resources to care for and/or treat the patients in the group. Patients are classified into groups having the same condition (based on Principal and. Secondary Diagnoses, Procedures, Age), complexity (comorbidity) and needs. These.
The financial department monitors case-mix index (CMI), and in an ideal world, the hospitalâs CMI would be as high as possible. A high CMI means the hospital performs big-ticket services and therefore receives more money per patient. To calculate CMI, choose a time period (e.g., one month) to examine. Within that time, take all the DRGs your hospital billed and add up the relative weights (RW). Now, divide that number by the total number of DRGs. What you are left with is your hospitalâs CMI for that month.