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| Data Element Name: Age | |||
| SPARCS Data Element Number: 69 | |||
| Record Positions: 1793 - 1795 | Format-Length: N - 3 | ||
| Effective Date: 1/1/1994 | Revision Date: | ||
Definition:
The patient's age calculated as of the date of admission.
Codes and Values:- Right justified, zero filled.
- For a patient under one year of age or a newborn, age = "000".
- Not applicable, calculated by SPARCS based on Patient Birth date
(Data Element 10)
and Admission/Start of Care Date
(Data Element 5).
- There were multiple relationship edits between age-specific diagnosis codes and Age
as defined by the Age-specific indicator in the ICD-9-CM reference file obtained
from HCIA.
- Certain diagnosis codes have been identified as age exceptions. When these codes are reported in conflict with existing age-specific edits a warning message was returned to the submitter and the Age Warning Flag (Date Element 76) was set.
