New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-C - Commissioner, Department of Health and Human Services
Chapter He-C 1500 - DATA SUBMISSION AND RELEASE OF HEALTH CARE FACILITY DISCHARGE DATA
Part He-C 1503 - HEALTH CARE FACILITY DISCHARGE DATA SET SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Section He-C 1503.11 - Submission Compliance

(a) The applicable code for each data element shall be within the eligible values for the element;

(b) Coding values indicating "data not available", "data unknown", or the equivalent shall not be used for individual data elements unless specified as an eligible value for the element;

(c) Patient sex, diagnosis and procedure codes, date of birth, and all other data fields shall be consistent within an individual record;

(d) No duplicate records shall be submitted; and

(e) The volume of records submitted by type of bill shall be within 10 percent of the immediately proceeding submission, and if not, health care facilities shall provide information to the department explaining the change in volume.