Count of Present on Admission (POA) Diagnosis Codes

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This variable is contained in the following files:

SAS Name

POA_DGNS_CD_CNT

The count of the number of Present on Admission (POA) diagnosis codes reported on the Inpatient/SNF claim.

Comments

This field was new in 2009.

Source: NCH