A flag which indicates that the procedure (or V code) was performed as a contracted service, and specifies whether it was performed on an admitted or non-admitted basis. It also records contracted services performed by private health organisations.
Instituitional health care
Hospitals that place a patient on contract leave to a private health organisation with no facility number should record a dummy facility number of 99998. Code (2) of the contract flag has been extended to facilitate this.
Recorded by the contracting hospital. Flag procedure codes only, unless the procedure was not carried out, in which case flag the V code.
Implementation in Metadata Sets
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Contract care; Contract flag