MC163

Data Element	Present on Admission Code (POA) - 09
Description	Code indicating the presence of Other Diagnosis - 9 at the time of admission: 3 = Unknown 1 = Exempt from POA reporting (use if POA reporting is not required by carrier) N = Other 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
Type	Text
Format	char
Length	1
Threshold	>1% if ~~MC036 begins with 11, 12 and~~ MC094 = 002 and MC050 <> NULL
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	136

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