DLL Return Code of 9

QUESTION

What does a return code of 9 from the VB-Callable DLL mean?

ANSWER

This return code comes from the DRG Assignment Engine (DAE) and is common across all of our products.

This return code means "input record has Present-on-Admission (POA) violations and the institution is not exempt from HAC processing."

For more about HAC and POA support, please visit this blog entry: How To Use POA

UPDATE: if you append an 'e' to the version number, the DAE assumes that the hospital(s) are exempt and HAC checking is not done at all.