The HHCAHPS Coordination Team has corrected Appendix B, p. B-5, of the HHCAHPS Protocols and Guidelines Manual Version 8.0 to change the field length of each of the ICD-10 “Primary diagnosis” and “Other diagnoses” elements now correctly displays as “7” rather than “5.” 
 
The correction was made to the PDF and MS Word versions of the HHCAHPS Protocols and Guidelines Manuals posted on the “Survey Materials” page, found here: http://tinyurl.com/ovoy3sz. No changes were made to the XML appendices as they were already correct, CMS announced Feb. 5.
 
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