Summary

The Death tab page records details of the work-related death of an employee. The Death sub-record of the ACCPP Claims Data file uses these details.

Important: Complete this tab page only if an employee has died as the result of a work-related incident.

Fields

Date of death:

The actual date that the person died as a result of a work-related incident. ACCPP Claim Data file requirement - NZ only.

Diagnosis code type:

Enabled when ACC Accredited Employer = Yes in Company Settings.

The employee’s cause of death. Copy the diagnosis code type from the employee’s death certificate to this field.

Values specified by the ACC are:

• Blank (default)
• 9 – ICD9 Code
• I – ICD10 Code
• R – Read Code.

ACCPP Claim Data file requirement - NZ only.

Cause of death code:

Enabled when ACC Accredited Employer = Yes in Company Settings.

The employee’s cause of death diagnosis.

An NZMC registered doctor will record the diagnosis code on the employee’s death certificate. Copy the code from the employee’s death certificate to this field.

If you are an ACC Accredited Employer, then you are responsible for giving ACC valid diagnosis codes. If a diagnosis code is invalid, then the ACC will reject your ACCPP Claims Data file. If you want to validate a diagnosis code when you enter it, then you can get these codes from the ACC or the NZMC and then use PayGlobal’s External Validation command in the Administration folder.

ACCPP Claim Data file requirement - NZ only.

Comments:

Enabled when ACC Accredited Employer = 'No' or Country setting does not equal 'New Zealand' in Company Settings.

You can copy the employee’s cause of death from their death certificate.