Section 1200-20-13-.01 - DEFINITIONS(1) "Advisory Council" means the Traumatic Brain Injury Council established by T.C.A. 68-55-102.(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Health.(3) "County of injury" is the county in which the patient was injured. If the patient was injured out-of-state, "Out-of-State" is acceptable instead of the county name.(4) "County of residence" is the county in which the patient lives. If the patient lives out-of-state, "Out-of-State" is acceptable instead of the county name.(5) "Date of Birth" (month, day, and year) should be reported; if date of birth is unavailable, age must be reported.(6) "Department" means the Department of Health.(7) "Discharge disposition" refers to the disposition of the patient with the traumatic brain injury.(8) "External causes" (E-Code) is used to permit the classification of environmental events, circumstances, and conditions as the cause of the injury, poisoning, and other adverse effects.(9) "Hospital" shall be defined as in T.C.A.68-11-201(21).(10) "Inconsistent data" is defined as data that is incomplete or inconsistent with the specifications in the Traumatic Brain Injury Data System procedure manual.(11) "Medical record number" means the unique number assigned to the patient by the hospital and should not be confused with the financial reporting number unless they are the same.(12) "Patient identifiers" shall be defined to include the following data elements: medical record number assigned by the hospital, social security number, name, and date of birth.(13) "Principal diagnosis" means the primary reason the patient was admitted to the hospital; however, this code does not have to be a traumatic brain injury code. The reason for admission may be more life threatening than the brain injury.(14) "Race/Ethnicity" is a combination field including race and ethnicity. Hispanic origin is an ethnic group, not a race.(15) "Reportable case" means the patient must have at least one traumatic brain injury code (ICD-9-CM) and must stay in the hospital greater than 24 hours, except patients who expired. If the patient had at least one traumatic brain injury code and expired as a result of the accident, they must be reported regardless of the length of stay. After receiving written notification from the Department subsequent to the promulgation of these rules, traumatic brain injury cases which are seen only in a hospital emergency room shall be considered to be reportable cases.(16) "Reporting requirement" means that all hospitals are required to report information regarding patients seen due to traumatic brain injury for the appropriate time period to the Office of Health Statistics and Research. Hospitals with no traumatic brain injury cases must report that they had "zero" cases.(17) "State Hospital I.D. Number" means the unique number assigned to the hospital by the Office of Health Statistics and Research.(18) "Traumatic Brain Injury" means an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force resulting in total or partial disability or impairment. Such term includes open and closed head injuries that may result in seizures, and/or in mild, moderate, or severe impairments in one or more areas including cognition, language, memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment, problem-solving, sensory, perceptual and motor abilities, psychosocial behavior, physical functions, information processing, and speech. Such term does not include brain injuries caused by birth trauma, but may include brain injuries caused by anoxia and other related causes, infectious disease not of a degenerative nature, brain tumor, toxic chemical or drug reactions.(19) "Traumatic Brain Injury Code" means the codes defined in ICD-9-CM (International Classification of Diseases - 9th Revision - Clinical Modification). Included are ICD-9-CM Codes 800.0-800.9, 803.0-804.9, 850.0-854.1, 959.01.(20) "Traumatic Brain Injury Coordinator" means the person designated by the Commissioner pursuant to T.C.A. 68-55-201.(21) "Type of care" received describes the type of medical care or evaluation received by the injured person.(22) "Work related injury" is an occupation related injury.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-20-13-.01
Original rule filed April 17, 2000; effective July 1, 2000.Authority: T.C.A. 4-5-202, 68-55-101 et seq., and 68-55-201 et seq.