PATIENT BIRTHDATE
Variable 103
date of last revision: 01/01/06
DEFINITION:
Date of birth. Only patients 16 or older at the time of injury are to be entered into the database.
CODE:
MM/DD/YYYY
09/09/9999 Unknown
CHARACTERS:
8 date
NOTE:
*If exact date of birth is unknown, then estimate. If month is known but day cannot be estimated, enter the mid-point of the month.
EXAMPLE:
Patient was born on October 31, 1952.

10/31/1952
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:
QUESTION: We have a patient who just turned 16 but was not 16 at the time of injury. Can we enroll him?  
ANSWER: No. Patients must be 16 at the time of injury.  (02-18-2005)

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