| Data Element | Present on Admission Code (POA) - 07 |
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| Description | Code indicating the presence of Other Diagnosis - 7 at the time of admission:
3 = Unknown
1 = Exempt from POA reporting (Use use if POA reporting is not required by carrier)
N = Other Diagnosis diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission
U = Documentation insufficient to determine if condition was present at time of inpatient admission
W = Clinically undetermined
Y = Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission |
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| Type | Text |
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| Format | char |
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| Length | 1 |
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| Threshold | >1% if MC036 begins with 11, 12 and MC094 = 002 and MC048 <> NULL |
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| Required | Required |
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| Tip / Notes | Definition updated to include institution level information as well as inpatient level information as of 6/30/2022. This field represents only inpatient admissions for data requests pulled prior to this date. |
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| Rank | 134 |
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