Date VE Reported

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID	NAACCR ID
E1612	None

DESCRIPTION

Date visual editing feedback was provided to hospital registrars by regional registries.

LEVELS

Admissions

LENGTH

8

ALLOWABLE VALUES

A valid, complete date in YYYYMMDD.

General Date Editing Rules:

Date fields are recorded in the D1 date format of year, month, day (CCYYMMDD). Month and day must have leading zeros for values 01...09.

The following date format is allowed:

CCYYMMDD Century+Year, Month and Day are provided.

Dates are checked first to ensure they conform to one of these formats, then for errors in the components. Checking stops on the first non-valid situation.

Range Checking:

Lowest allowed value:  January 1, 1850 (or in D1 format: 18500101)

Highest allowed value: current system date

The month is checked to ensure it falls within range 01...12.

The day is checked to ensure it falls within range for that specific month. Accommodation is made for leap years.

SOURCE

Generate initial value of blank, but do not record as data conversion in Audit Log.

UPDATE

Automatic update by Visual Editing Discrepancies Report Program.

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes, earliest non-zero date or blank if no admissions have a date.

INTERFIELD EDITS

None

HISTORICAL CHANGES

3/00	New data item added for visual editing standards.
2010	2010 Data Item Changes:  Revised Allowable Values and Source information to match NAACCRv12 date scheme.
7/8/2011	General Date Editing Rules and Range Checking updated for additional clarity. However, the intent of the date rules remain the same as the 2010 update.