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18.8.112 PCE - Patient Charge Cost Center Exception (17.4.6)

The Patient Charge Cost Center Exception segment identifies the Patient Price associated with Cost Center and Patient Charge Identifier combinations that should be used in an instance that the item is billed to a patient. The grouping of Cost Center accounts, Patient Charge Identifier, and Patient Price is unique.

HL7 Attribute Table - PCE - Patient Charge Cost Center Exceptions

Base Framework
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData Type
PCE
102228Set ID - PCE SHOULD[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

200281Cost Center Account Number MAY[0..1] DepartmentCostCenter (CD)
CX

Extended Composite ID with Check Digit

300361Transaction Code  MAY[0..1] TransactionCode (CD)
400366Transaction Amount - Unit MAY[0..1] 
CP

Composite Price

Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData Type
PCE
102228Set ID - PCE SHALL[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

200281Cost Center Account Number MAY[0..1] DepartmentCostCenter (CD)
CX

Extended Composite ID with Check Digit

300361Transaction Code  MAY[0..1] TransactionCode (CD)
400366Transaction Amount - Unit MAY[0..1] 
CP

Composite Price

Base FrameworkBase Standard Profile
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData TypeImplementVocabulary
PCE 
102228Set ID - PCE SHOULD[1..1][1..4]
SI

Sequence ID

SHALL
200281Cost Center Account Number MAY[0..1] DepartmentCostCenter (CD)
CX

Extended Composite ID with Check Digit

MAY
300361Transaction Code  MAY[0..1] TransactionCode (CD)MAY
400366Transaction Amount - Unit MAY[0..1] 
CP

Composite Price

MAY
Base Framework Base Standard Profile
Seq# Data Element Description Flags Optionality Repetition Length C.LEN Table Data Type Optionality Table
PCE  
1 02228 Set ID - PCE   O   [1..4]  
SI

Sequence ID

R  
2 00281 Cost Center Account Number   O      
CX

Extended Composite ID with Check Digit

  (0319)
3 00361 Transaction Code   O         (0132)
4 00366 Transaction Amount - Unit   O      
CP

Composite Price

   
Seq# Data Element Description Optionality Repetition Length C.LEN Table Data Type
PCE
1 02228 Set ID - PCE R   [1..4]  
SI

Sequence ID

2 00281 Cost Center Account Number O     (0319)
CX

Extended Composite ID with Check Digit

3 00361 Transaction Code O     (0132)
4 00366 Transaction Amount - Unit O      
CP

Composite Price

18.8.112.1 PCE Field Definitions (17.4.6.0)

18.8.112.2 PCE-1 Set ID – PCE (SI) 02228 (17.4.6.1)

Definition: This field contains a sequential number that identifies this segment within a given material item segment group. For the first occurrence of the segment in a given group, the sequence number shall be one; for the second occurrence, the sequence number shall be two; etc.

18.8.112.3 PCE-2 Cost Center Account Number (CX) 00281 (17.4.6.2)

Definition: This field would contain the specific general ledger cost center account number associated with a department that may issue or charge for this item. Refer to HL7 Table 0319 - Department Cost Center in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values.

18.8.112.4 PCE-3 Transaction Code (CWE) 00361 (17.4.6.3)

Definition: This field contains a code that is used by a billing system to charge for the inventory supply item, the descriptive name of the patient charge for that system (as it may appear on a patient's bill or charge labels) and the name of the coding system that assigned the charge code. Refer to User-defined Table 0132 - Transaction Codes in Chapter 6, Financial Management, for suggested values.

18.8.112.5 PCE-4 Transaction Amount - Unit (CP) 00366 (17.4.6.4)

Definition: The price that a department charges to a patient for this inventory supply item when using the Patient Charge Billing code present in this segment.