MC023

Data Element	Final Discharge Status
Description	Final status for the patient discharged from the hospital. See Appendix C: Discharge Status
Type	Integer
Format	char
Length	2
Threshold	100% if MC036 begins with 11, 12 and MC094 = 002
Required	Required
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.
Rank	025