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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UNCBRTH - Indicates a normal uncomplicated in-hospital birth

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An uncomplicated in-hospital birth (UNCBRTH = 1) is defined as an in-hospital birth for which the DRG equaled 391 "Normal Newborn". In-hospital births (HOSPBRTH = 1) are defined by two conditions:

A principal or secondary diagnosis code in the range of V3000 to V3901 with the last two digits of "00" or "01" and
The patient is not transferred from another acute care hospital or health care facility (ASOURCE does not equal 2 or 3).

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Uniform Values

Variable	Description	Value	Value Description
UNCBRTH	Indicates a normal uncomplicated in-hospital birth	0	A complicated in-hospital birth
UNCBRTH	Indicates a normal uncomplicated in-hospital birth	1	An uncomplicated in-hospital birth

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State Specific Notes

None

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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/uncbrth/kidnote.jsp.

Last modified 4/2/08