PCE - Patient Charge Cost Center Exception Segment

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 Exception Segment

Seq#	Data Element Name	DataType	Usage	Vocabulary	Cardinality	Item #	Length	C.LEN	Flags
PCE
1	Set ID – PCE	SI	R		[1..1]	02228	[1..4]
2	Cost Center Account Number	CX	O	0319 Department Cost Center	[0..1]	00281
3	Transaction Code	CWE	O	0132 Transaction Code	[0..1]	00361
4	Transaction Amount - Unit	CP	O		[0..1]	00366

PCE-1: Set ID – PCE (SI) 02228

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.

PCE-2: Cost Center Account Number (CX) 00281

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.

PCE-3: Transaction Code (CWE) 00361

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.

PCE-4: Transaction Amount - Unit (CP) 00366

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.