Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2010B1
| Data Element Name: | CMS Certification Number |
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| Collected For: | HBIPS, PC, Transmission , Optional for all records |
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| Definition: | Hospital's six digit acute care CMS Certification Number (CCN).
Note: This data element is not used by the HBIPS measure set. It is remaining in the data dictionary to support the common Initial Patient Population and Sample XML file layout. If data is transmitted for this data element associated to the HBIPS measure set, all edits and rules associated to this data element will be applied to the HBIPS data.
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| Suggested Data Collection Question: | What is the hospital’s six digit acute care CMS Certification Number? |
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| Format: | | Length: | 6 |
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| Type: | Character |
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| Occurs: | 1 |
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| Allowable Values: |
Any valid six digit CMS Certification Number.
The first two digits are the numeric state code. The third digit of zero represents an acute facility. The third digit of “1” and fourth digit of “3” represents a Critical Access Hospital (CAH). |
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| Notes for Abstraction: | None |
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| Suggested Data Sources: |
None |
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| Additional Notes: |
None |
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| Guidelines for Abstraction: |
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| Inclusion | Exclusion | |
None
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None |
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CMS Certification Number
Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Measures (v2010B1)
Discharges 10-01-10 (4Q10) through 03-31-11 (1Q11)
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