MC039

Data ElementAdmitting Diagnosis
Description

This field contains the ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM diagnosis code indicating the reason for the inpatient admission. Decimal point is not coded.

See Appendix K - External Sources.

TypeText
Formatvarchar
Length7
Threshold100% if MC036 begins with 11, 12 and MC094 = 002
RequiredRequired
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.

Rank042