The data that must be provided to the Department from medical records or made available through medical records for abstracting by the Department is set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 81-657 and must include the final diagnosis or classification of the injury according to the International Classification of Disease, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification Coding System of the World Health Organization (ICD-10-CM), and available for viewing at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Office of Health Statistics, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5026.
003.01 REPORTING BY NEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OR SUCCEEDING ASSOCIATION IN LIEU OF PHYSICIANS OR PSYCHOLOGIST. If the Nebraska Hospital Association or a succeeding entity provides a report containing the required information to the Department, a hospital, rehabilitation center located in a hospital, physician or psychologist is not required to make the report to the Department. Hospitals, rehabilitation centers located in a hospital, physicians and psychologists remain obligated to report when such reports are not made by Nebraska Hospital Association or do not contain all of the required information.003.02 REPORTING BY HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN LIEU OF PHYSICIANS OR PSYCHOLOGIST. If a hospital or rehabilitation center located in a hospital provides a report containing the required information to the Department, the physician or psychologist is not required to make the report to the department. Physicians and psychologists remain obligated to report when such reports are not made by a hospital or rehabilitation center located in a hospital or do not contain all of the required information.186 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 2, § 003
Amended effective 6/26/2022