Re-admission within 28 days Planned re-admission refers to planned re-admission within 28 days from this or another hospital. Note: do not include – transfers from another hospital as re-admissions. Data Quality Error Codes 1st Character represents the type of record i.e. E (episode) and A (AN-SNAP) – 2nd Character W (represents a warning where an edit rule has been identified)– the record will be accepted and insurers notified – 2nd Character E (represents an error where an edit rule has failed) the record will be rejected and insurers notified – – Further information For further information about the General Treatment requirements, please see the following websites: General information about the data collection, health insurer codes, reports and software - Metadata and health dictionary specifications - For private health insurance industry information - Commonwealth Prostheses list - DATA SPECIFICATIONS (HCP) HCP Data Item and Record Editing 2011–12 Record to be submitted to Insurers with Header record EPISODE RECORD No Data Item Obligation Position Type & Format Coding description Edit Rules Error size code/s 1 Insurer M 1-15 A(15) Left justify 1 Insurer membership identifier. Reject record if blank EE001 Membership Blank fill Identifier 2 Insurer Identifier M 16-18 A(3) Left justify 1 Insurer identifier selected from the list of Reject record if not a valid EE002 registered private health insurers. insurer code
Re-admission within 28 days – Planned re-admission refers to planned re-admission within 28 days from this or another hospital. Note: do not include transfers from another hospital as re-admissions. Data Quality Error Codes 1st Character – represents the type of record i.e. E (episode) and A (AN-SNAP) 2nd Character – W (represents a warning where an edit rule has been identified)– the record will be accepted and insurers notified 2nd Character – E (represents an error where an edit rule has failed) – the record will be rejected and insurers notified Further information For further information about the General Treatment requirements, please see the following websites: General information about the data collection, health insurer codes, reports and software - Metadata and health dictionary specifications - For private health insurance industry information - Commonwealth Prostheses list - DATA SPECIFICATIONS (HCP) HCP Data Item and Record Editing 2011–12 Record to be submitted to Insurers with Header record EPISODE RECORD No Data Item Obligation Position Type & size Format Coding description Edit Rules Error code/s 1 Insurer Membership Identifier M 1-15 A(15) Left justify Blank fill 1 Insurer membership identifier. Reject record if blank EE001 2 Insurer Identifier M 16-18 A(3) Left justify 1 Insurer identifier selected from the list of registered private health insurers. Reject record if not a valid insurer code EE002