NAME: Claim Admitting Diagnosis Code DESCRIPTION: A diagnosis code on the institutional claim indicating the beneficiary's initial diagnosis at admission. This diagnosis code may not be confirmed after the patient is evaluated; it may be different than the eventual diagnoses (e.g., as in PRNCPAL_DGNS_CD or ICD_DGNS_CD1-25). SHORT NAME: ADMTG_DGNS_CD LONG NAME: ADMTG_DGNS_CD TYPE: CHAR LENGTH: 7 SOURCE: - CODE VALUES: - COMMENT: