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Check in on coding, MS-DRG updates

The Cooperating Parties made the last regular update to the ICD-9-CM codes October 1, 2011, but they are still adding codes for new technologies each year. The updates are considerably smaller than the regular updates, but coders still need to be aware of them.

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