Indiana § 16-21-6-6 - Patient information reports

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§ 16-21-6-6. Patient information reports

Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 1-1-2027.

Sec. 6. In addition to the report filed under section 3 of this chapter, each hospital shall, not later than October 1 of the year following the end of the hospital's fiscal year, file with the state department, or the state department's designated contractor, inpatient and outpatient discharge information at the patient level, in a format prescribed by the state health commissioner, including the following:

(1) The patient's:

(A) length of stay;

(B) diagnoses and surgical procedures performed during the patient's stay;

(C) date of:

(i) admission;

(ii) discharge; and

(iii) birth;

(D) type of admission;

(E) admission source;

(F) gender;

(G) race;

(H) discharge disposition; and

(I) payor, including:

(i) Medicare;

(ii) Medicaid;

(iii) a local government program;

(iv) commercial insurance;

(v) self-pay; and

(vi) charity care.

(2) The total charge for the patient's stay.

(3) The ZIP code of the patient's residence.

(4) Beginning October 1, 2013, all diagnosed external causes of injury codes.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-5-2(e), (f).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.94-1994, SEC.15; P.L.44-2002, SEC.3; P.L.156-2011, SEC.17; P.L.96-2026, SEC.20.

IC 16-21-6-6Patient information reports Note: This version of section effective 1-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 1-1-2027.

Sec. 6. In addition to the report filed under section 3 of this chapter, each hospital shall, not later than October 1 of the year following the end of the hospital's fiscal year, file with the state department, or the state department's designated contractor, inpatient and outpatient discharge information at the patient level, in a format prescribed by the state health commissioner, including the following:

(1) The patient's:

(A) length of stay;

(B) diagnoses and surgical procedures performed during the patient's stay;

(C) date of:

(i) admission;

(ii) discharge; and

(iii) birth;

(D) type of admission;

(E) admission source;

(F) gender;

(G) race;

(H) discharge disposition; and

(I) payor, including:

(i) Medicare;

(ii) Medicaid;

(iii) a local government program;

(iv) commercial insurance;

(v) self-pay; and

(vi) charity care.

(2) The total charge for the patient's stay.

(3) The ZIP code of the patient's residence.

(4) Beginning October 1, 2013, all diagnosed external causes of injury codes.

(5) Beginning January 1, 2027, in cases where Medicaid is the patient's payor, the form of identification, if any, used by the patient when the patient was admitted, including whether the patient used an Indiana driver's license or identification card, a temporary Indiana driver's license or identification card, a driver's license or identification card issued by another state, a form of identification issued by a foreign government, or no identification.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-5-2(e), (f).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.94-1994, SEC.15; P.L.44-2002, SEC.3; P.L.156-2011, SEC.17; P.L.96-2026, SEC.20; P.L.106-2026, SEC.15; P.L.145-2026, SEC.266.

Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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