California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 7 - Health Planning and Facility Construction › Chapter 10 - Health Facility Data › Article 8 - Patient Data Reporting Requirements › Section 97248 - Error Tolerance Level

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  Error Tolerance Level (ETL) for data reported to the Department shall be no
				  more than 2%. Errors as defined in Subsection (i) of Section
				  97212, must be corrected to the
				  ETL.
(b) For discharges occurring
				  on and after January 1, 2015: For hospital discharge abstract data reports that
				  do not exceed the Error Tolerance Level specified in Subsection (a) of this
				  Section, defaults will be as shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record
					 Defaults
Invalid Data Element
Default
Admission date
delete record
All other data elements
blank or zero
(c)
				  For encounters occurring on and after January 1, 2015: For emergency care data
				  reports that do not exceed the Error Tolerance Level specified in Subsection
				  (a) of this Section, defaults will be as shown in Table 2.
Table 2: Emergency Care Data Record
					 Defaults
Invalid Data Element
Default
Service date
delete record
All other data elements
blank or zero
(d)
				  For encounters occurring on and after January 1, 2015: For ambulatory surgery
				  data reports that do not exceed the Error Tolerance Level specified in
				  Subsection (a) of this Section, defaults will be as shown in Table 3.
Table 3: Ambulatory Surgery Data Record
					 Defaults
Invalid Data Element
Default
Service date
delete record
All other data elements
blank or zero
1. New
					 section filed 9-23-2003; operative 9-23-2003 pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11343.4
					 (Register 2003, No. 39).
2. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
					 5-5-2005; operative 5-5-2005 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4
					 (Register 2005, No. 18).
3. Amendment of subsection (b), including
					 redesignation of Table 1 as Table 1A and new Table 1B, filed 11-13-2008;
					 operative 11-13-2008 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4
					 (Register 2008, No. 46).
4. Change without regulatory effect
					 amending subsections (a)-(b) filed 8-23-2011 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2011, No. 34).
5. Amendment filed 4-3-2014;
					 operative 7-1-2014 (Register 2014, No. 14).
6. Amendment filed
					 9-4-2014; operative 10-1-2014 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(3)
					 (Register 2014, No. 36).
7. Change without regulatory effect
					 repealing subsections (b)(1), (c)(1) and pd(d)(1), renumbering subsections, and
					 amending newly designated subsections (b)(1), (c)(1) and (d)(1) filed 7-20-2016
					 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2016, No. 30).
8. Change without regulatory
					 effect amending section filed 10-31-2018 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2018, No. 44).
9. Change without regulatory
					 effect amending subsection (a) filed 11-5-2021 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2021, No. 45).
10. Change without regulatory
					 effect amending subsection (a) filed 1-24-2023 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2023, No. 4).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						128755,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						128735,
						128736
						and
						128737,
						Health and Safety Code.