Ambulatory Patient Group

Ambulatory Patient Group

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Ambulatory Patient Group (APG) is a system used to classify patients into nearly 300 pathology groups rather than the 14,000 of the International Classification of Diseases. It is similar to DRGs, but applied to urgencies.

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