Data Set Name: NIS_2005_SEVERITY Number of Observations: 7995048 Total Record Length: 172 Total Number of Data Elements: 46 Columns Description: ======= ============ 1- 3 Database name 5- 8 Discharge year of data 10- 25 File name 27- 29 Data element number 31- 59 Data element name 61- 63 Starting column of data element in ASCII file 65- 67 Ending column of data element in ASCII file 69 Non-zero number of digits after decimal point for numeric data element 71- 74 Data element type (Num=numeric; Char=character) 76-175 Data element label NIS 2005 Severity 1 KEY 1 14 Num HCUP record identifier NIS 2005 Severity 2 HOSPID 15 19 Num HCUP hospital identification number NIS 2005 Severity 3 APRDRG 20 23 Num All Patient Refined DRG NIS 2005 Severity 4 APRDRG_Risk_Mortality 24 25 Num All Patient Refined DRG: Risk of Mortality Subclass NIS 2005 Severity 5 APRDRG_Severity 26 27 Num All Patient Refined DRG: Severity of Illness Subclass NIS 2005 Severity 6 APSDRG 28 32 Num All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG NIS 2005 Severity 7 APSDRG_Charge_Weight 33 42 5 Num All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG: Charge Weight NIS 2005 Severity 8 APSDRG_LOS_Weight 43 52 5 Num All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG: Length of Stay Weight NIS 2005 Severity 9 APSDRG_Mortality_Weight 53 62 5 Num All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG: Mortality Weight NIS 2005 Severity 10 CM_AIDS 63 64 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome NIS 2005 Severity 11 CM_ALCOHOL 65 66 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Alcohol abuse NIS 2005 Severity 12 CM_ANEMDEF 67 68 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Deficiency anemias NIS 2005 Severity 13 CM_ARTH 69 70 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Rheumatoid arthritis/collagen vascular diseases NIS 2005 Severity 14 CM_BLDLOSS 71 72 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Chronic blood loss anemia NIS 2005 Severity 15 CM_CHF 73 74 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Congestive heart failure NIS 2005 Severity 16 CM_CHRNLUNG 75 76 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Chronic pulmonary disease NIS 2005 Severity 17 CM_COAG 77 78 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Coagulopathy NIS 2005 Severity 18 CM_DEPRESS 79 80 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Depression NIS 2005 Severity 19 CM_DM 81 82 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Diabetes, uncomplicated NIS 2005 Severity 20 CM_DMCX 83 84 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Diabetes with chronic complications NIS 2005 Severity 21 CM_DRUG 85 86 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Drug abuse NIS 2005 Severity 22 CM_HTN_C 87 88 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Hypertension (combine uncomplicated and complicated) NIS 2005 Severity 23 CM_HYPOTHY 89 90 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Hypothyroidism NIS 2005 Severity 24 CM_LIVER 91 92 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Liver disease NIS 2005 Severity 25 CM_LYMPH 93 94 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Lymphoma NIS 2005 Severity 26 CM_LYTES 95 96 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Fluid and electrolyte disorders NIS 2005 Severity 27 CM_METS 97 98 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Metastatic cancer NIS 2005 Severity 28 CM_NEURO 99 100 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Other neurological disorders NIS 2005 Severity 29 CM_OBESE 101 102 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Obesity NIS 2005 Severity 30 CM_PARA 103 104 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Paralysis NIS 2005 Severity 31 CM_PERIVASC 105 106 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Peripheral vascular disorders NIS 2005 Severity 32 CM_PSYCH 107 108 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Psychoses NIS 2005 Severity 33 CM_PULMCIRC 109 110 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Pulmonary circulation disorders NIS 2005 Severity 34 CM_RENLFAIL 111 112 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Renal failure NIS 2005 Severity 35 CM_TUMOR 113 114 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Solid tumor without metastasis NIS 2005 Severity 36 CM_ULCER 115 116 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Peptic ulcer disease excluding bleeding NIS 2005 Severity 37 CM_VALVE 117 118 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Valvular disease NIS 2005 Severity 38 CM_WGHTLOSS 119 120 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Weight loss NIS 2005 Severity 39 DS_DX_Category1 121 125 Char Disease Staging: Principal Disease Category NIS 2005 Severity 40 DS_LOS_Level 126 127 Num Disease Staging: Length of Stay Level NIS 2005 Severity 41 DS_LOS_Scale 128 139 5 Num Disease Staging: Length of Stay Scale NIS 2005 Severity 42 DS_Mrt_Level 140 141 Num Disease Staging: Mortality Level NIS 2005 Severity 43 DS_Mrt_Scale 142 153 5 Num Disease Staging: Mortality Scale NIS 2005 Severity 44 DS_RD_Level 154 155 Num Disease Staging: Resource Demand Level NIS 2005 Severity 45 DS_RD_Scale 156 167 5 Num Disease Staging: Resource Demand Scale NIS 2005 Severity 46 DS_Stage1 168 172 2 Num Disease Staging: Principal Stage