California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 7 - Health Planning and Facility Construction
Chapter 10 - Health Facility Data
Article 7 - CABG Data Reporting Requirements
Section 97170 - Definitions, as Used in this Article

(a) California CABG Outcomes Reporting Program (CCORP). California CABG Outcomes Reporting Program means the Office's program charged with collecting coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery data and publishing reports on the risk-adjusted outcomes for the procedure.

(b) Cardiac Online Reporting for California (CORC). CORC means the OSHPD Cardiac Online Reporting for California system that is the online transmission system through which reports are submitted using an Internet web browser either by file transfer or data entry. It is a secure means of electronic transmission of data in an automated environment.

(c) Computer system date. Computer system date means the date that exists on the computer system used for data automation at the time of data entry.

(d) Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. CABG surgery means a procedure performed to bypass blockages or obstructions of the coronary arteries, and includes both isolated CABG surgeries and non-isolated CABG surgeries, as defined by Section 97174.

(e) Days. Days are defined as calendar days unless otherwise specified.

(f) Designee. Designee means the person authorized by the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital to sign the CCORP Hospital Certification Form (OSH-CCORP 416 (New 10/02).

(g) Discharge. A discharge means a person who was formally admitted to a hospital as an inpatient for observation, diagnosis, or treatment, with the expectation of remaining overnight or longer, and who is released from the hospital under one of the following circumstances:

(h) Facility identification number. Facility identification number means a unique six-digit number assigned to each hospital by CCORP.

(i) Licensee. Licensee means an entity that has been issued a license to operate a hospital, as defined in the Health and Safety Code Section 128700.

(j) Record. Record means the set of data elements required to be reported for each CABG surgery, as set forth in Section 97174.

(k) Report. Report means the collection of all required records filed by a hospital for a reporting period, pursuant to Section 97172.

(l) Responsible surgeon. Responsible surgeon means the principle surgeon who performs a coronary artery bypass procedure. If a trainee performs this procedure, then the responsible surgeon is the physician responsible for supervising this procedure performed by the trainee. In situations in which a responsible surgeon cannot otherwise be determined, the responsible surgeon is the surgeon who bills for the coronary artery bypass procedure.

(m) User Account Administrator. A hospital representative responsible for maintaining the hospital's CORC user accounts and user account contact information.