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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 421HEALTH CARE INFORMATION
SUBCHAPTER DCOLLECTION AND RELEASE OF OUTPATIENT SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES AT HOSPITALS AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS
RULE §421.68Event Data Release

    (SSS) Service Line Charge Amount;

    (TTT) Service Line Unit Code;

    (UUU) Service Line Unit Count;

    (VVV) Service Line Non-Covered Charge Amount;

    (WWW) Patient Country (when the address is not in the United States of America and confidentiality can be maintained);

    (XXX) Point of Origin (Source of Admission) (Hospital Emergency Department Visits only);

    (YYY) Patient Status (Hospital Emergency Department Visits only); and

    (ZZZ) Hospital Emergency Department Indicator.

  (11) The following data elements for records submitted with diagnosis codes that are associated with alcohol or drug use will be modified to protect those patients that maybe covered by 42 USC §290dd-2 and 42 CFR Part 2:

    (A) Patient ZIP Code shall be reported as "`" (back quote);

    (B) Patient Country shall be reported as "`" (back quote); and

    (C) Patient Sex shall be reported as "U" (Unknown).


Source Note: The provisions of this §421.68 adopted to be effective February 26, 2009, 33 TexReg 9694; amended to be effective October 31, 2011, 36 TexReg 5214; amended to be effective December 18, 2014, 39 TexReg 7582; amended to be effective July 5, 2017, 42 TexReg 3373; amended to be effective January 30, 2019, 44 TexReg 429

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