2026 US Quality Core Implementation Guide
0.5.0 - release
2026 US Quality Core Implementation Guide
0.5.0 - release
This page is part of the US Quality Core (v0.5.0: Release) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/ValueSet/us-quality-core-present-on-admission | Version: 0.5.0 | ||||
| Active as of 2026-06-05 | Computable Name: USQualityCorePresentOnAdmission | ||||
Value Set for USQualityCore Present On Admission.
References
Profile: Shareable ValueSet
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HospitalAcqCond/Coding version 📦07/14/2020| Code | Display | Definition |
| Y | Yes | Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission. |
| N | No | Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission. |
| U | Unknown | Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. |
| W | Undetermined | Clinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. |
| 1 | Unreported | Unreported/Not used. Exempt from POA reporting. This code is equivalent to a blank on the UB-04, however; it was determined that blanks are undesirable when submitting this data via the 4010A. |
Expansion performed internally based on codesystem CMS Present on Admission (POA) Indicator v07/14/2020 (CodeSystem)
This value set contains 5 concepts
| System | Code | Display (en) | Definition | JSON | XML |
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HospitalAcqCond/Coding | Y | Yes | Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission. | ||
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HospitalAcqCond/Coding | N | No | Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission. | ||
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HospitalAcqCond/Coding | U | Unknown | Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | ||
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HospitalAcqCond/Coding | W | Undetermined | Clinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | ||
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HospitalAcqCond/Coding | 1 | Unreported | Unreported/Not used. Exempt from POA reporting. This code is equivalent to a blank on the UB-04, however; it was determined that blanks are undesirable when submitting this data via the 4010A. |