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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 421HEALTH CARE INFORMATION
SUBCHAPTER ACOLLECTION AND RELEASE OF HOSPITAL DISCHARGE DATA
RULE §421.9Discharge Reports--Records, Data Fields and Codes

  (1) Critical Access Hospitals (certified by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as a critical access hospital under Title 42 United States Code, §1395i-4).

  (2) Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals (a majority of the patients are inpatients being rehabilitated).

  (3) Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals (a majority of the patients are inpatients being treated for psychiatric diseases or associated conditions).

  (4) Cancer Hospitals (a majority of the patients are inpatients being treated for cancer or associated cancerous conditions).

  (5) Children's or Pediatric Hospitals (a majority of the patients are under the age of 18 and admitted as inpatients).

  (6) Long Term Care Hospitals (a majority of the patients are inpatients being treated for chronic conditions or associated diseases that require extended stays in a hospital).

(f) For patients which are covered by 42 USC §290dd-2 and 42 CFR Part 2, the hospital shall submit the following patient identifying information or default values in the specified Record and Field locations as required by subsection (a) of this section:

  (1) Patient Account Number - This alphanumeric patient control number shall be reported. This number is unique to the institution and episode of care and will be used by the hospital to review and certify data.

  (2) Last Name - The patient's last name shall be removed and replaced with "Doe."

  (3) First Name - The patient's first name shall be removed and replaced with "Jane" if female, or "John" if male, and can include a sequential number (e.g., John1, John2, John3... etc.).

  (4) Middle Initial - The patient's middle initial shall be removed and left blank (space filled).

  (5) Date of Birth - "January 1" and the patient's year of birth shall be reported.

  (6) Address - The patient's residence address shall be removed and replaced with the hospital's street address.

  (7) City - The patient's city of residence shall be removed and replaced with the name of the city where the hospital is located.

  (8) State - The patient's state of residence shall be reported.

  (9) ZIP Code - The patient's ZIP code of residence shall be removed and replaced with the hospital's ZIP code.

  (10) Medical Record Number - The patient's medical record number shall be reported. This number is unique to the institution and episode of care and will be used by DSHS to process the claim data and for the hospital to review and certify the patient's data.

  (11) Social Security Number - The patient's Social Security Number shall be removed and replaced with "999999999."

  (12) Statement Dates - The month, day, and year of the statement from and statement through dates shall be reported as required. Only the year of service will be retained with the record after transfer to the DSHS program administering and completing the processing of the data for the health care data collection system under Health and Safety Code, Chapter 108.


Source Note: The provisions of this §421.9 adopted to be effective August 19, 1997, 22 TexReg 7490; amended to be effective December 29, 1997, 22 TexReg 12494; amended to be effective July 26, 1998, 23 TexReg 7365; amended to be effective February 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 948; amended to be effective July 29, 2001, 26 TexReg 5408; amended to be effective July 6, 2003, 28 TexReg 4915; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 10, 2004, 29 TexReg 8842; amended to be effective December 27, 2007, 32 TexReg 9683; amended to be effective January 9, 2011, 35 TexReg 9743; amendedto be effective July 5, 2017, 42 TexReg 3373; amended to be effective January 30, 2019, 44 TexReg 429

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