What is the Industry Date of Incident?

The Industry Date of Incident (DOI) is a self-reported date used by the insurance/workers' compensation industry. For an automobile wreck or other accident, the Industry DOI is the date of the accident. For claims involving exposure, ingestion, or implantation, the Industry DOI is the date of last exposure, ingestion, or implantation.

Note: The Industry DOI displayed on the Case Information page comes from Section 111 submissions by Responsible Reporting Entities (RREs). If the date is not reported, this field will be blank. (Hover over a blank cell for a tooltip explaining that cell.)

What is the CMS Date of Incident?

The CMS Date of Incident (or Date of Injury) is the DOI as defined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS uses a DOI definition that differs from the definition routinely used by the insurance/workers' compensation industry.

The CMS DOI is:

• For an automobile wreck or other accident, the date of incident is the date of the accident.
• For claims involving exposure (including, for example, occupational disease and any associated cumulative injury) it is the date of first exposure.
• For claims involving ingestion (for example, a recalled drug), it is the date of first ingestion.
• For claims involving implants, it is the date of the implant (or date of the first implant if there are multiple implants).
• For claims involving cumulative injury, the DOI is the earlier of the date that treatment for any manifestation of the cumulative injury began, when such treatment preceded formal diagnosis; or the first date that formal diagnosis was made by any medical practitioner.