Can the Date of Injury be updated if it is found to have been reported incorrectly?
A22. Yes. The Date of Injury can be updated by sending a transaction with Maintenance Type Code “02” (change). Be sure to include all other first report of injury data elements as well, since these will be needed for data validation. WCIS will overwrite existing data elements with the current data elements sent on an “02” (although missing values on the new transaction will not overwrite existing values in the WCIS database). For further explanation of changes or corrections, see Section N of the California EDI Implementation Guide.
