The request is to remove codes 02 and 03 from the CRC03 at both the 2300 and 2400 loops. In version 4050, code 12 was added to this data element. Code 12 states - "Patient is confined to a bed or chair. Use code 12 to indicate the patient was bedridden during tranport."
Code 02 states - "Patient was bed confined before the ambulance service."
Code 03 states - "Patient was bed confiend after the ambulance service."
There is no way for an ambulance crew to know that the patient was bed confined before OR after the transport. They can only know whether the patient was bed confined at the time of service. That is reason that code 12 was requested for this data element.
Now that code 12 is avaiable to use the other codes are not necessary and just add confusion to what should be used when considering this data element.