CodeSystem: CMS Present On Admission (POA) Indicator

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CodeSystem: CMS Present on Admission (POA) Indicator

Official URL: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HospitalAcqCond/Coding Version: 07/14/2020
Active as of 2024-08-21 Responsible: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Realm: United States of America (the) flag Computable Name: PresentOnAdmission
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.6.301.11

Copyright/Legal: The POA Indicator Codes are in the public domain and are free to use without restriction.

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.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

  • PresentOnAdmissionIndicators

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

CodeDefinition
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.

History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2024-11-15reviseJessica BotaTSMGRemove CMS notes from POA Indicator Definitions; up-596
2021-09-17reviseMarc DuteauCQIAdding codes the CMS Present on Admission (POA) Indicator code system stub; UP-214
2021-03-08createMarc DuteauTSMGCreate new CodeSystem and NamingSystem for CMS POA;UP-160

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