Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 97248 - Error Tolerance Level

(a) The Error Tolerance Level (ETL) for data reported to the Department shall be no more than 2%. Errors as defined in Subsection (i) of Section 97212, must be corrected to the ETL.

(b) For discharges occurring on and after January 1, 2015: For hospital discharge abstract data reports that do not exceed the Error Tolerance Level specified in Subsection (a) of this Section, defaults will be as shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record Defaults

Invalid Data Element	Default
Admission date	delete record
All other data elements	blank or zero

(c) For encounters occurring on and after January 1, 2015: For emergency care data reports that do not exceed the Error Tolerance Level specified in Subsection (a) of this Section, defaults will be as shown in Table 2.

Table 2: Emergency Care Data Record Defaults

Invalid Data Element	Default
Service date	delete record
All other data elements	blank or zero

(d) For encounters occurring on and after January 1, 2015: For ambulatory surgery data reports that do not exceed the Error Tolerance Level specified in Subsection (a) of this Section, defaults will be as shown in Table 3.

Table 3: Ambulatory Surgery Data Record Defaults

Invalid Data Element	Default
Service date	delete record
All other data elements	blank or zero

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 97248

1. New section filed 9-23-2003; operative 9-23-2003 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2003, No. 39).
2. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 5-5-2005; operative 5-5-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2005, No. 18).
3. Amendment of subsection (b), including redesignation of Table 1 as Table 1A and new Table 1B, filed 11-13-2008; operative 11-13-2008 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2008, No. 46).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)-(b) filed 8-23-2011 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2011, No. 34).
5. Amendment filed 4-3-2014; operative 7-1-2014 (Register 2014, No. 14).
6. Amendment filed 9-4-2014; operative 10-1-2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2014, No. 36).
7. Change without regulatory effect repealing subsections (b)(1), (c)(1) and pd(d)(1), renumbering subsections, and amending newly designated subsections (b)(1), (c)(1) and (d)(1) filed 7-20-2016 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2016, No. 30).
8. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 10-31-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 44).
9. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 11-5-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 45).
10. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 1-24-2023 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2023, No. 4).

Note: Authority cited: Section 128755, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 128735, 128736 and 128737, Health and Safety Code.

1. New section filed 9-23-2003; operative 9-23-2003 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2003, No. 39).
2. Amendment of section and Note filed 5-5-2005; operative 5-5-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2005, No. 18).
3. Amendment of subsection (b), including redesignation of Table 1 as Table 1A and new Table 1B, filed 11-13-2008; operative 11-13-2008 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2008, No. 46).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)-(b) filed 8-23-2011 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2011, No. 34).
5. Amendment filed 4-3-2014; operative 7-1-2014 (Register 2014, No. 14).
6. Amendment filed 9-4-2014; operative 10/1/2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2014, No. 36).
7. Change without regulatory effect repealing subsections (b)(1), (c)(1) and (d)(1), renumbering subsections, and amending newly designated subsections (b)(1), (c)(1) and (d)(1) filed 7-20-2016 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2016, No. 30).
8. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 10-31-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 44).
9. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 11-5-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 45).