diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/public_api.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/public_api.ts
index aa796e8c5b2..c026ae7d4fc 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/public_api.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular-elements/src/public_api.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { IgxPivotDateDimension } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/p
 import { PivotDimensionType } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/pivot-grid/pivot-grid.interface';
 import { IgxDateSummaryOperand, IgxNumberSummaryOperand, IgxSummaryOperand, IgxTimeSummaryOperand } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/summaries/grid-summary';
 import { HorizontalAlignment, VerticalAlignment } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/overlay/utilities';
-import { ByLevelTreeGridMergeStrategy } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/data-operations/merge-strategy';
+import { ByLevelTreeGridMergeStrategy, DefaultTreeGridMergeStrategy } from 'projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/data-operations/merge-strategy';
 
 /** Export Public API, TODO: reorganize, Generate all w/ renames? */
 export {
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export {
 
     NoopSortingStrategy as IgcNoopSortingStrategy,
     NoopFilteringStrategy as IgcNoopFilteringStrategy,
+    DefaultTreeGridMergeStrategy as IgcDefaultTreeGridMergeStrategy,
     ByLevelTreeGridMergeStrategy as IgcByLevelTreeGridMergeStrategy,
 
     // Pivot API
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/data-operations/merge-strategy.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/data-operations/merge-strategy.ts
index 9bf47444fec..281de291965 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/data-operations/merge-strategy.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/data-operations/merge-strategy.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export interface IMergeByResult {
  * Merge strategy interface.
  */
 export interface IGridMergeStrategy {
-    /* blazorSuppress */
+    /* blazorCSSuppress */
     /**
      * Function that processes merging of the whole data per merged field.
      * Returns collection where object has reference to the original record and map of the cell merge metadata per field.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class DefaultMergeStrategy implements IGridMergeStrategy {
         return this._instance || (this._instance = new this());
     }
 
-    /* blazorSuppress */
+    /* blazorCSSuppress */
     public merge(
         data: any[],
         field: string,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class DefaultMergeStrategy implements IGridMergeStrategy {
         return result;
     }
 
-    /* blazorSuppress */
+    /* blazorCSSuppress */
     public comparer(prevRecord: any, record: any, field: string, isDate = false, isTime = false): boolean {
         const a = this.getFieldValue(prevRecord,field, isDate, isTime);
         const b = this.getFieldValue(record,field, isDate, isTime);
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class DefaultMergeStrategy implements IGridMergeStrategy {
 
 
 export class DefaultTreeGridMergeStrategy extends DefaultMergeStrategy {
-    /* blazorSuppress */
+    /* blazorCSSuppress */
     public override comparer(prevRecord: any, record: any, field: string, isDate = false, isTime = false): boolean {
         const a = this.getFieldValue( prevRecord.data, field, isDate, isTime);
         const b = this.getFieldValue(record.data,field, isDate, isTime);
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export class DefaultTreeGridMergeStrategy extends DefaultMergeStrategy {
 }
 
 export class ByLevelTreeGridMergeStrategy extends DefaultMergeStrategy {
-    /* blazorSuppress */
+    /* blazorCSSuppress */
     public override comparer(prevRecord: any, record: any, field: string, isDate = false, isTime = false): boolean {
         const a = this.getFieldValue( prevRecord.data, field, isDate, isTime);
         const b = this.getFieldValue(record.data,field, isDate, isTime);