Groupers
Programmes for assignment of patient cases to different groups in NordDRG system are produced by third party producers or Nordic DRG GrouperĀ©. For use at hospitals the countries have different arrangements and various producers are active in different countries.
Certified groupers
The result of DRG grouping produced by that software must be identical with the results from the Nordic reference grouper in order for a product to be considered as NordDRG compliant. After acceptance, a certificate will be issued with an announcement on the NordDRG website.
The information about the certified groupers are available by clicking the links below. Information about older certified groupers is available upon request (norddrg(at)nordcase.org).
Availability of Definition Tables
NordDRG Combined version definition tables are available upon a request (norddrg(at)nordcase.org).
The national NordDRG definition tables constitute the intellectual property of their respective national owners. The use of these tables requires agreement with the corresponding national organizations.
NordDRG system is not intended by the manufacturer (Nordic Casemix Centre or certified grouper producers) for any medical purpose as defined in Article 2 in REGULATION (EU) 2017/745 on medical device. Thus, NordDRG system, groupers and other tools are not covered by medical devices regulation and its national implementation, and do not need CE marking certification.