12VAC5-217-15. Requirements of processed, verified data.
Inpatient hospitals shall submit only processed, verified data from inpatient records. To be considered processed and verified, a complete filing of all records that are submitted by an inpatient hospital in aggregate per calendar year quarter must be free of error at a prescribed minimum rate. The prescribed minimum accuracy rate shall be 95% overall, with patient identifier separately calculated at 95%. The accuracy rate shall be calculated on only those fields designated in 12VAC5-217-20. Inpatient records containing invalid codes or blank fields for any of the data elements shall be designated as error records.
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-276.6 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 8, eff. February 1, 2016.