Required data elements - 28 Pa. Code § 912.21

Health care facilities must quarterly submit the following data elements:1

•         Those contained in health care cost containment council inpatient data reporting manual;

o       Includes patient date of birth, sex, race, and principal and secondary diagnoses

•         Unusual occurrences, including nosocomial infections and readmissions;
•         Patient race;
•         Patient morbidity; and
•         Patient severity.