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The ACC segment contains patient information relative to an accident in which the patient has been involved.

HL7 Attribute Table - ACC - Accident Segment

Seq#	DataElement	Description	Must Implement	Flags	Cardinality	Length	C.LEN	Vocabulary	DataType
ACC
1	00527	Accident Date/Time			[0..1]				DTM
2	00528	Accident Code			[0..1]			0050	CWE
3	00529	Accident Location		#	[0..1]		25		ST
4	00812	Auto Accident State		B	[0..1]			0347	CWE
5	00813	Accident Job Related Indicator			[0..1]	[1..1]		0136 Yes/no Indicator	ID
6	00814	Accident Death Indicator			[0..1]	[1..1]		0136 Yes/no Indicator	ID
7	00224	Entered By			[0..1]				XCN
8	01503	Accident Description		=	[0..1]		1000		ST
9	01504	Brought In By		=	[0..1]		80		ST
10	01505	Police Notified Indicator			[0..1]	[1..1]		0136 Yes/no Indicator	ID
11	01853	Accident Address			[0..1]				XAD
12	02374	Degree of patient liability		#	[0..1]		3		NM
13	03338	Accident Identifier			[0..*]				EI

Definition: This field contains the date/time of the accident.

Definition: This field contains the type of accident. Refer to User-defined Table 0050 - Accident Codein Chapter 2C, Code Tables,for suggested values. ICD accident codes are recommended.

Definition: This field contains the location of the accident.

Definition: As of Version 2.5, this field has been retained for backward compatibility only. Use ACC-11 - Accident Address instead of this field, as the state in which the accident occurred is part of the address. This field specifies the state in which the auto accident occurred. (CMS 1500 requirement in the US.) Refer to User-defined Table 0347 - State/Province in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for suggested values.

Definition: This field indicates if the accident was related to a job. Refer to HL7 Table 0136 - Yes/no Indicator in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values.

• Y    the accident was job related

• N    the accident was not job related

Definition: This field indicates whether or not a patient has died as a result of an accident. Refer to HL7 Table 0136 - Yes/no Indicator in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values.

• Y    the patient has died as a result of an accident

• N    the patient has not died as a result of an accident

(Definition from NTE.5 in Ch. 2)

Definition: This field contains the identity of the person who actually keyed the comment into the application. It provides an audit trail in case the comment is entered incorrectly and the ancillary department needs to clarify the comment. By local agreement, either the ID number or name component MAY be omitted.

(Definition from ORC.10 in Ch. 4)

Definition: This field was retained for backward compatibility only as of v 2.7 and the detail was withdrawn and removed from the standard as of v 2.9. The reader is referred to the PRT segment described in Chapter 7.

(Definition from ACC.7 in Ch. 6)

Definition: This field identifies the person entering the accident information.

(Definition from MFE.7 in Ch. 8)

Definition: This field contains the identity of the person who actually keyed the master file entry into the application. It provides an audit trail in case the request is entered incorrectly and the ancillary department needs to clarify the request.

(Definition from OM7.20 in Ch. 8)

Note: This field is deprecated and retained for backward compatibility as of v 2.8.

Definition: This field contains the identity of the person who actually keyed the service item into the application. It provides an audit trail in case the request is entered incorrectly and the ancillary department needs to clarify the request.

Definition: Description of the accident.

Definition: This field identifies the person or organization that brought in the patient.

Definition: This field indicates if the police were notified. Refer to HL7 Table 0136 - Yes/no Indicator in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values.

• Y    the police were notified

• N    the police were not notified.

Definition: This field contains the address where the accident occurred.

Definition: This field conveys the amount to which the patient is found to be liable for an accident. The numeric value is given as a percentage value.

If the accident is totally caused by others this value is set to "0". If it is caused by the patient, it is set to "100". Any other value in between allows for a leverage of the fault between the patient and third parties.

Definition: This field contains the identifier of the accident report assigned by a jurisdiction that is required in the insurance accident claim.