MC019

Data Element	Admission Hour
Description	Hour the inpatient was admitted to the hospital. Required for all inpatient claims. Time is expressed in military time: HHMM. If only the hour is known, code the minutes as 00. For example, 4:00 p.m. would be reported as 1600.
Type	Integer
Format	char
Length	4
Threshold	100% if MC036 begins with 11, 12 and MC094 = 002
Required	Required
Tip / Notes
Rank	022