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Central Distributor SEDD: Description of Data Elements

 
E_POAn - E Code n, present on admission indicator
 
Documentation Sections:
General Notes
Uniform Values
State Specific Notes
General Notes
 

Beginning with the 2017 HCUP databases, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) external cause of morbidity codes are included with other diagnoses in the diagnosis-related data elements (I10_DXn, I10_NDX, and DXPOAn) and are no longer retained in separate data elements (I10_ECAUSEn, I10_NECAUSE, and E_POAn).

Prior to 2017, E_POAn is used to indicate whether each external cause of injury code (I10_ECAUSEn for the fourth quarter of 2015 and all of 2016; ECODEn prior to the fourth quarter of 2015) was present at admission. This provides an indicator of complications arising during a hospitalization. The coding of this data element is consistent with the UB-04 standards. No edits checks are performed on this data element during HCUP processing.

 
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Uniform Values
 
VariableDescriptionValueValue Description
E_POAnE Code n, present on admission indicatorYYes
NNo
UDocumentation is insufficient to determine if condition is present on admission
WClinically undetermined
EExempt from POA reporting
1Exempt from POA reporting
XHospital exempt from POA reporting
BlankMissing/Invalid
 
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State Specific Notes

Georgia
Georgia
IE_POAn E_POAn
Value Description Value Description
Y Yes Y Yes
N No N No
U Unknown U Unknown
W Clinically undetermined W Clinically undetermined
- -- E Exempt from POA reporting
1 Exempt from POA reporting 1
- -- X
Blank Missing Blank Missing
Other Invalid


Massachusetts

Beginning with 2007, Massachusetts provided "Condition Present on Admission - Principal E-Code". During the HCUP processing, E_POAn for E-codes as the secondary diagnoses were created.

Massachusetts
(2007, 2009 and 2010)
IE_POAn E_POAn
Value Description Value Description
Y or y Yes Y Yes/ Present at time of inpatient admission
N or n No N No / Not present at time of inpatient admission
U or u Unknown U Documentation is insufficient to determine if condition is present on admission
W, w Clinically undetermined W Clinically undetermined
1 Exempt form POA reporting E Exempt from POA reporting
e or E or A, a Exempt form POA reporting
Blank Exempt form POA reporting Blank Acceptable value on diagnoses that are exempt from POA reporting. Indicates missing information on nonexempt diagnoses.
"-" Any undocumented value " " Missing/Invalid


Massachusetts
(2008)
IE_POAn E_POAn
Value Description Value Description
Y Yes Y Yes
N No N No
U Unknown U No information on record
W Clinically undetermined W Clinically undetermined
1 Not applicable Blank Missing
E or A Not applicable
Blank Not applicable
"-" Any undocumented value " " Missing/Invalid


Minnesota
Minnesota
IE_POAn E_POAn
Value Description Value Description
Y Diagnosis was present at time of admission. Y Yes
N Diagnosis was not present at time of admission N No
U Unknown - documentation insufficient to determine U Unknown
W Clinically undetermined W Provider is unable to clinically determine whether condition was present on admission or not
E Exempt from POA reporting E Exempt from POA reporting
1 Unreported/Not used. Exempt from POA reporting 1 Exempt from POA reporting
- Exempt from POA reporting X Exempt from POA reporting
Blank Missing Blank Missing
Other Invalid


New Jersey
New Jersey
(Valid beginning in 2011)
IE_POAn E_POAn
Value Description Value Description
Y Yes Y Yes / Present at time of inpatient admission
N No N No / Not present at time of inpatient admission
U No information in the record U Unknown
W Clinically undetermined W Provider is unable to clinically determine whether condition was present on admission or not
-- -- E Exempt from POA reporting
1 Exempt from POA reporting 1 Exempt from POA reporting
(blank) Missing Blank Missing
(other) Invalid



New Jersey
(Valid in 2008 & 2010)
IE_POAn E_POAn
Value Description Value Description
Y Yes Y Yes
N No N No
U No information in the record U Unknown
W Clinically undetermined W Clinically undetermined
1 Exempt from POA reporting E Exempt from POA reporting
E Exempt from POA reporting
(blank) Missing Blank Missing
(other) Invalid



New Jersey
(2009)
IE_POAn E_POAn
Value Description Value Description
Y Yes Y Yes
N No N No
U No information in the record U Unknown
W Clinically undetermined W Clinically undetermined
1 Exempt from POA reporting Blank Missing
E Exempt from POA reporting
(blank) Missing
(other) Invalid

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Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SEDD Description of Data Elements - All States. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). October 2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/sedddistnote.jsp?var=e_poan.
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