MRF correctly encodes each item or service description
§180.50(b)(2)(iii)(A)
What it checks
Each item or service has a description.
Checked by CMS's validator. Care Carta runs the official validator CMS publishes for price files and reads this result from its output.
How hospitals did
Results as of Oct 5, 2026. The most common reasons are on the Item and service information page.
How Care Carta decides
Validator completed with no mapped description error.
Scope: description is required and non-empty for encoded standard-charge information.
Depends on: The CMS validator finished
Version
Ruleset
hpt-v3, version 3
Last changed in
Ruleset 2
CMS data dictionary
3.0.0
Check ID
hpt.mrf.cms.description@1Replaced
hpt.mrf.item.descriptionToday's results all use this ruleset. A check never changes without a new ruleset. Full catalog (JSON)