                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CPT CODE DATA REPORTING (§ 32.1-137.09)

A. Every hospital in the Commonwealth that includes an emergency department
shall report quarterly to the Department, for the preceding quarter, (i) the
total number of visits to the hospital&#8217;s emergency department, by
location, and (ii) the total number of visits to the hospital&#8217;s emergency
department by emergency department evaluation and management (E/M)
Physicians&#8217; Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code.

B. The Department shall annually publish a report setting forth the average
number of hospital emergency department visits by location and by emergency
department E/M CPT code statewide and by region for each month.

C. The Department may enter into a contract or agreement with the nonprofit
organization with which the Department has entered into a contract or agreement
pursuant to &#xA7; 32.1-276.4 for the compilation, storage, analysis, and
evaluation of data required to be submitted pursuant to this section.

HISTORY: 2022, c. 342.