| Data Element | Present on Admission Code (POA) Primary |
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| Description | Code indicating that the primary diagnosis was present 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 |
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| Type | Text |
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| Format | char |
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| Length | 1 |
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| Threshold | 50% if MC036 begins with 11, 12 and MC094 = 002 and MC041 <> NULL |
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| Required | Required |
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| 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. |
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| Rank | 127 |
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