Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 97224 - Definition of Data Element for Inpatients-Discharge Date

(a) For discharges occurring on or after January 1, 2017:

(1) For online transmission of data reports as electronic data files, the patient's discharge date shall be reported in numeric form as follows: the 4-digit year, the 2-digit month, and the 2-digit day. The numeric form for days and months from 1 to 9 must have a zero as the first digit.

(2) For online entry of individual records, the patient's discharge date shall be reported in numeric form as follows: the 2-digit month, the 2-digit day, and the 4-digit year. The numeric form for days and months from 1 to 9 must have a zero as the first digit.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 97224

1. New section filed 10-14-93; operative 11-15-93 (Register 93, No. 42).
2. Amendment NOTE filed 7-23-97 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 97, No. 30).
3. Amendment filed 9-21-98; operative 10-21-98 (Register 98, No. 39).
4. Amendment of section heading filed 5-5-2005; operative 5-5-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2005, No. 18).
5. Amendment of subsection (a) and new subsections (b)-(b)(2) filed 10-16-2015; operative 1-1-2016 (Register 2015, No. 42).
6. Change without regulatory effect repealing subsection (a) and relettering subsection filed 10-31-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 44).

Note: Authority cited: Section 128810, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 128735, Health and Safety Code.

1. New section filed 10-14-93; operative 11-15-93 (Register 93, No. 42).
2. Amendment Note filed 7-23-97 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 97, No. 30).
3. Amendment filed 9-21-98; operative 10-21-98 (Register 98, No. 39).
4. Amendment of section heading filed 5-5-2005; operative 5-5-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(Register 2005, No. 18).
5. Amendment of subsection (a) and new subsections (b)-(b)(2) filed 10-16-2015; operative 1/1/2016 (Register 2015, No. 42).
6. Change without regulatory effect repealing subsection (a) and relettering subsection filed 10-31-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 44).