HCFA will no longer accept Version 5.0 as of January 1, 2001. The Council will be able to accept Version 6.0 by July 1, 2000. The Council has not set a deadline for no longer accepting Version 5.0. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available. The data is then checked using editing criteria established by the Council.
Software is available to help hospitals make the corrections.
A corrected data file, with one discharge encounter for each patient discharged during the reporting quarter, is returned to the hospital to allow it to provide physicians and other health professionals the opportunity to review, request additional correction of, and comment on the data. Join a discussion on the Hospital Data Certification Forum Logic for the assignment of Specialty Units . 3M APR-DRG Overview . Issues and Answers Responses to issues raised during the Data Certification pilot, answers to frequently asked questions, summaries of discussions on the Hospital Data Certification Forum . Explanations of error and warning messages encountered in the certification process.