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6.5.4 Update patient accounts - update diagnosis and DRG information

MSH|^~\&|UREV||PATB||||BAR^P01|MSG0018|P|2.3<CR>
PID|||125976||JOHNSON^SAM^J|||||||||||||125976011<CR>
DG1|001|I9|1550|MAL NEO LIVER, PRIMARY|19880501103005|<CR>
DRG|203|19880501103010|Y||D|5<CR>

The DG1 segment contains the information that the patient was diagnosed on May 1 as having a malignancy of the hepatobiliary system or pancreas (ICD9 code 1550). In the DRG segment, the patient has been assigned a Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) of 203 (corresponding to the ICD9 code of 1550). Also, the patient has been approved for an additional five days (five-day outlier).

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