California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 7 - Health Planning and Facility Construction
Chapter 10 - Health Facility Data
Article 8 - Patient Data Reporting Requirements
Section 97215 - Format

(a) Hospital Discharge Abstract Data reports for discharges occurring on or after January 1, 2023, shall comply with the Department's Format and File Specifications for Online Transmission: Inpatient Data Version 5.1 as revised October 2022 and hereby incorporated by reference.

(b) Emergency Care Data reports for encounters occurring on or after January 1, 2023, shall comply with the Department's Format and File Specifications for Online Transmission: Emergency Care and Ambulatory Surgery Data Version 3.1 as revised October 2022 and hereby incorporated by reference.

(c) Ambulatory Surgery Data reports for encounters occurring on or after January 1, 2023, shall comply with the Department's Format and File Specifications for Online Transmission: Emergency Care and Ambulatory Surgery Data Version 3.1 as revised October 2022 and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d) The Department's Format and File Specifications for Online Transmission as named in (a), (b), and (c) are available for download from the HCAI website. The Department will make a hardcopy of either set of Format and File Specifications for Online Transmission available upon request.