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Table of Contents:

  • Purpose:  

  • Data Accuracy / Source Viewer Messages for Data Edits and Schematron Rules

  • Data Accuracy Messages

    • Event start date after the end date (error)

    • Event start date after the end date (warning)

    • Inpatient encounter outside of the reporting quarter (warning)

    • Inconsistent reporting of Inpatient Encounter (warning)

    • Duplicate Inpatient Encounter Detected (warning)

    • Incorrect CCN Reported (error)

    • Invalid DateTime (error/warning)

    • Invalid Patient ID (error)

    • Invalid QRDA XML file (error)

    • None of the measures supported by TJC (error)

    • Missing or Invalid Admission Date (error)

    • Missing or Invalid Discharge Date (error)

    • Missing or Invalid Header EffectiveTime (error)

    • No Discharge Date in Reporting Period (error)

    • r-validate_TZ-errors (error)

    • QDM_based_QRDA_V7-TJC-errors (error)

    • A required Medication Route is missing (warning)

    • Unacceptable Unit Reported (warning)

    • r-DOCUMENT-TJC-QDM-HEADER-warnings (warning)

    • r-DOCUMENT-TJC-QRDA-HEADER-warnings (warning)

    • r-DOCUMENT-TJC-US-HEADER-warnings (warning)

    • Reporting-Parameters-Act-TJC-errors (error)

    • r-validate_effectiveTime-TJC-warnings (warning)

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titleMissing or Invalid Admission Date (error)
  • The ‘Missing or Invalid Admission Date’ error is associated to four Source Viewer messages:

    • Source Viewer: Invalid Inpatient encounter admission date has been provided or it's before 1900. (TJC-100006)

    • Source Viewer: Inpatient encounter admission date is required. (TJC-100007)

    • Source Viewer: Inpatient encounter admission date value must be precise to the minute. (TJC-100009)

    • Source Viewer: Inpatient encounter admission date cannot be greater than current date (TJC-100010)

  • Section / Element for all four Source Viewer messages: Encounter Inpatient Admit Date

  • The Encounter Inpatient Admit Date is either missing or not properly formatted.  Inpatient QRDA I document rejected by this message need to be corrected by adding or updating the Admit Date.  Once corrected, the QRDA I document needs to be re-uploaded to the DDS Platform. The Inpatient Encounter Template effective-time 'low' field:

    • cannot be missing or

    • after today's date, and

    • must be reported up to minutes.

  • The Joint Commission requires up to minutes. Seconds may either be present or missing; however, if present the time must be of a valid format. Valid Date/Time Format:  YYYYMMDDHHMMSSxUUUU  where

    • YYYY - year - range 1900 to 9999

    • MM - month - range 01 to 12

    • DD - day - range 01 to 31 (note: true to month and leap years)

    • HH - hour - range 0 to 23

    • MM - minutes - range 0-59

    • SS - seconds - range 0-59 x - plus or minus sign

    • UUUU - UTC time shift -1300 thru+1400

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titleMissing or Invalid Discharge Encounter Performed Relevant Period High Date (error)
  • The ‘Missing or Invalid Discharge Date’ error is associated to four Source Viewer messages:

    • Source Viewer: Inpatient encounter discharge date is missing. (TJC-100001)

    • Source Viewer: Invalid Inpatient encounter discharge date has been provided or it's before 1900. (TJC-100002)

    • Source Viewer: Inpatient encounter discharge date must be precise to the minute. (TJC-100004)

    • Source Viewer: Inpatient encounter discharge date cannot be greater than current date. (TJC-100005)

  • Section / Element: Encounter Inpatient Discharge Date

  • The Encounter Inpatient Discharge Date is either missing or improperly formatted.  Inpatient QRDA I document rejected by this message need to be corrected by adding or updating the Discharge Date.  Once corrected, the QRDA I document needs to be re-uploaded to the DDS Platform.

  • The Inpatient Encounter Template effective-time 'high' field:

    • cannot be missing or

    • after today's date, and

    • must be reported up to minutes.

  • The Joint Commission requires up to minutes. Seconds may either be present or missing; however, if present the time must be of a valid format. Valid Date/Time Format: 

    •  YYYYMMDDHHMMSSxUUUU  where

      • YYYY - year - range 1900 to 9999

      • MM - month - range 01 to 12

      • DD - day - range 01 to 31 (note: true to month and leap years)

      • HH - hour - range 0 to 23

      • MM - minutes - range 0-59

      • SS - seconds - range 0-59 x - plus or minus sign

      • UUUU - UTC time shift -1300 thru+1400

Note: At this time, The Joint Commission only utilizes inpatient measures.  Therefore, all QRDA I Documents are expected to contain a valid Inpatient Encounter with a valid Discharge Date.  Outpatient data (e.g., ED-3) will be rejected.

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