<status value="active"/> <experimental value="false"/> <date value="2024-08-21T00:00:00.000-07:00"/> <publisher value="Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services"/> <contact> <name value="Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, USA"/> </contact> <contact> <name value="Marilu Hue"/> <telecom> <system value="email"/> <value value="marilu.hue@cms.hhs.gov"/> </telecom> </contact> <contact> <name value="James Poyer"/> <telecom> <system value="email"/> <value value="james.poyer@cms.hhs.gov"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="This code system consists of Present on Admission (POA) indicators which are assigned to the principal and secondary diagnoses (as defined in Section II of the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting) and the external cause of injury codes to indicate the presence or absence of the diagnosis at the time of inpatient admission."/> <jurisdiction> <coding> <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/> <code value="US"/> </coding> </jurisdiction> <copyright value="The POA Indicator Codes are in the public domain and are free to use without restriction."/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <compositional value="false"/> <versionNeeded value="false"/> <content value="complete"/> <count value="5"/> <concept> <code value="Y"/> <definition value="Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="N"/> <definition value="Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="U"/> <definition value="Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="W"/> <definition value="Clinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="1"/> <definition value="Unreported/Not used. Exempt from POA reporting. This code is equivalent to a blank on the UB-04, however; it was determined that blanks are undesirable when submitting this data via the 4010A."/> </concept> </CodeSystem>

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem presentOnAdmission

This case-sensitive code system https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HospitalAcqCond/Coding defines the following codes:

Code	Definition
Y	Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission.
N	Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission.
U	Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
W	Clinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
1	Unreported/Not used. Exempt from POA reporting. This code is equivalent to a blank on the UB-04, however; it was determined that blanks are undesirable when submitting this data via the 4010A.