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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 342<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":359299,"section_number":"32.1-23.5","catch_line":"Reporting of certain data regarding financial assistance","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-23.5\/"},{"id":359382,"section_number":"32.1-276.5","catch_line":"Providers to submit data; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-276.5\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":359381,"section_number":"32.1-276.4","catch_line":"Agreements for certain data services","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-276.4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1430093,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359060,"identifier":"32.1-137.09","token":"32.1\/5\/1\/32.1-137.09","url":"\/32.1-137.09\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-137.09\/","token":"32.1\/5\/1\/32.1-137.09","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hospital emergency department CPT code data reporting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-137.09","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every hospital<\/span> in the Commonwealth that includes an emergency department<\/span> shall report quarterly to the Department<\/span>, for the preceding quarter, (i) the total number of visits to the hospital<\/span>’s emergency department<\/span>, by location, and (ii) the total number of visits to the hospital<\/span>’s emergency department<\/span> by emergency department<\/span> evaluation and management (E\/M) Physicians’ Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall annually publish a report setting forth the average number of hospital<\/span> emergency department<\/span> visits by location and by emergency department<\/span> E\/M CPT code statewide and by region for each month. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may enter into a contract<\/span> or agreement with the nonprofit organization with which the Department<\/span> has entered into a contract<\/span> or agreement pursuant to § 32.1-276.4<\/a> for the compilation, storage, analysis, and evaluation of data required to be submitted pursuant to this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CPT CODE DATA REPORTING (\u00a7 32.1-137.09)\n\nA. Every hospital in the Commonwealth that includes an emergency department\nshall report quarterly to the Department, for the preceding quarter, (i) the\ntotal number of visits to the hospital’s emergency department, by\nlocation, and (ii) the total number of visits to the hospital’s emergency\ndepartment by emergency department evaluation and management (E\/M)\nPhysicians’ Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code.\n\nB. The Department shall annually publish a report setting forth the average\nnumber of hospital emergency department visits by location and by emergency\ndepartment E\/M CPT code statewide and by region for each month.\n\nC. The Department may enter into a contract or agreement with the nonprofit\norganization with which the Department has entered into a contract or agreement\npursuant to § 32.1-276.4 for the compilation, storage, analysis, and\nevaluation of data required to be submitted pursuant to this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, c. 342.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}