MC058

Data Element	Principal ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM Procedure Code
Description	Principal inpatient ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM procedure code. The decimal point is not coded. The ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM procedure must be repeated for all lines of the claim, if necessary. This is one of three fields used to report type of service. See Appendix K - External Code Sources.
Type	Text
Format	varchar
Length	7
Threshold	55% 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	063