Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) KID Notes

KID Description of Data Elements

The KID is set of longitudinal hospital inpatient databases included in the HCUP family. These databases are created by AHRQ through a Federal-State-Industry partnership.

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APRDRG_Risk_Mortality - All Patient Refined DRG: Risk of Mortality Subclass

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The All Patient Refined DRGs (APR-DRGs) are assigned using software developed by 3M Health Information Systems. This severity measure includes the base APR-DRG, the severity of illness subclass, and the risk of mortality subclass within each base APR-DRG. The prefix "APRDRG" has been included in the data element names to distinguish APR-DRG measures from other HCUP data elements. For more information, please refer to the following documents available on the NIS Documentation CD-ROM and on the HCUP User Support Website (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov):

Overview of Severity Systems
APR-DRGs V20 Methodology Booklet

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Uniform Values

Variable	Description	Value	Value Description
APRDRG_Risk_Mortality	All Patient Refined DRG: Risk of Mortality Subclass	0	No class specified
		1	Minor likelihood of dying
		2	Moderate likelihood of dying
		3	Major likelihood of dying
		4	Extreme likelihood of dying
		.	Missing

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State Specific Notes

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Internet Citation: HCUP KID Description of Data Elements. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). April 2008
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/aprdrg_risk_mortality/kidnote.jsp.

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