Data Set Name: NIS_2006_CORE Number of Observations: 8074825 Total Record Length: 510 Total Number of Data Elements: 128 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 2006 Core 1 AGE 1 3 Num Age in years at admission NIS 2006 Core 2 AGEDAY 4 6 Num Age in days (when age < 1 year) NIS 2006 Core 3 AMONTH 7 8 Num Admission month NIS 2006 Core 4 ASOURCE 9 10 Num Admission source (uniform) NIS 2006 Core 5 ASOURCEUB92 11 11 Char Admission source (UB-92 standard coding) NIS 2006 Core 6 ASOURCE_X 12 19 Char Admission source (as received from source) NIS 2006 Core 7 ATYPE 20 21 Num Admission type NIS 2006 Core 8 AWEEKEND 22 23 Num Admission day is a weekend NIS 2006 Core 9 DIED 24 25 Num Died during hospitalization NIS 2006 Core 10 DISCWT 26 36 7 Num Weight to discharges in AHA universe NIS 2006 Core 11 DISPUB92 37 38 Num Disposition of patient (UB-92 standard coding) NIS 2006 Core 12 DISPUNIFORM 39 40 Num Disposition of patient (uniform) NIS 2006 Core 13 DQTR 41 42 Num Discharge quarter NIS 2006 Core 14 DQTR_X 43 44 Num Discharge quarter (as received from source) NIS 2006 Core 15 DRG 45 47 Num DRG in effect on discharge date NIS 2006 Core 16 DRG24 48 50 Num DRG, version 24 NIS 2006 Core 17 DRGVER 51 52 Num DRG grouper version used on discharge date NIS 2006 Core 18 DSHOSPID 53 65 Char Data source hospital identifier NIS 2006 Core 19 DX1 66 70 Char Principal diagnosis NIS 2006 Core 20 DX2 71 75 Char Diagnosis 2 NIS 2006 Core 21 DX3 76 80 Char Diagnosis 3 NIS 2006 Core 22 DX4 81 85 Char Diagnosis 4 NIS 2006 Core 23 DX5 86 90 Char Diagnosis 5 NIS 2006 Core 24 DX6 91 95 Char Diagnosis 6 NIS 2006 Core 25 DX7 96 100 Char Diagnosis 7 NIS 2006 Core 26 DX8 101 105 Char Diagnosis 8 NIS 2006 Core 27 DX9 106 110 Char Diagnosis 9 NIS 2006 Core 28 DX10 111 115 Char Diagnosis 10 NIS 2006 Core 29 DX11 116 120 Char Diagnosis 11 NIS 2006 Core 30 DX12 121 125 Char Diagnosis 12 NIS 2006 Core 31 DX13 126 130 Char Diagnosis 13 NIS 2006 Core 32 DX14 131 135 Char Diagnosis 14 NIS 2006 Core 33 DX15 136 140 Char Diagnosis 15 NIS 2006 Core 34 DXCCS1 141 144 Num CCS: principal diagnosis NIS 2006 Core 35 DXCCS2 145 148 Num CCS: diagnosis 2 NIS 2006 Core 36 DXCCS3 149 152 Num CCS: diagnosis 3 NIS 2006 Core 37 DXCCS4 153 156 Num CCS: diagnosis 4 NIS 2006 Core 38 DXCCS5 157 160 Num CCS: diagnosis 5 NIS 2006 Core 39 DXCCS6 161 164 Num CCS: diagnosis 6 NIS 2006 Core 40 DXCCS7 165 168 Num CCS: diagnosis 7 NIS 2006 Core 41 DXCCS8 169 172 Num CCS: diagnosis 8 NIS 2006 Core 42 DXCCS9 173 176 Num CCS: diagnosis 9 NIS 2006 Core 43 DXCCS10 177 180 Num CCS: diagnosis 10 NIS 2006 Core 44 DXCCS11 181 184 Num CCS: diagnosis 11 NIS 2006 Core 45 DXCCS12 185 188 Num CCS: diagnosis 12 NIS 2006 Core 46 DXCCS13 189 192 Num CCS: diagnosis 13 NIS 2006 Core 47 DXCCS14 193 196 Num CCS: diagnosis 14 NIS 2006 Core 48 DXCCS15 197 200 Num CCS: diagnosis 15 NIS 2006 Core 49 ECODE1 201 205 Char E code 1 NIS 2006 Core 50 ECODE2 206 210 Char E code 2 NIS 2006 Core 51 ECODE3 211 215 Char E code 3 NIS 2006 Core 52 ECODE4 216 220 Char E code 4 NIS 2006 Core 53 ELECTIVE 221 222 Num Elective versus non-elective admission NIS 2006 Core 54 E_CCS1 223 226 Num CCS: E Code 1 NIS 2006 Core 55 E_CCS2 227 230 Num CCS: E Code 2 NIS 2006 Core 56 E_CCS3 231 234 Num CCS: E Code 3 NIS 2006 Core 57 E_CCS4 235 238 Num CCS: E Code 4 NIS 2006 Core 58 FEMALE 239 240 Num Indicator of sex NIS 2006 Core 59 HOSPBRTH 241 242 Num Indicator of birth in this hospital NIS 2006 Core 60 HOSPID 243 247 Num HCUP hospital identification number NIS 2006 Core 61 HOSPST 248 249 Char Hospital state postal code NIS 2006 Core 62 KEY 250 263 Num HCUP record identifier NIS 2006 Core 63 LOS 264 268 Num Length of stay (cleaned) NIS 2006 Core 64 LOS_X 269 274 Num Length of stay (as received from source) NIS 2006 Core 65 MDC 275 276 Num MDC in effect on discharge date NIS 2006 Core 66 MDC24 277 278 Num MDC, version 24 NIS 2006 Core 67 MDNUM1_R 279 283 Num Physician 1 number (re-identified) NIS 2006 Core 68 MDNUM2_R 284 288 Num Physician 2 number (re-identified) NIS 2006 Core 69 NDX 289 290 Num Number of diagnoses on this record NIS 2006 Core 70 NECODE 291 293 Num Number of E codes on this record NIS 2006 Core 71 NEOMAT 294 295 Num Neonatal and/or maternal DX and/or PR NIS 2006 Core 72 NIS_STRATUM 296 299 Num Stratum used to sample hospital NIS 2006 Core 73 NPR 300 301 Num Number of procedures on this record NIS 2006 Core 74 PAY1 302 303 Num Primary expected payer (uniform) NIS 2006 Core 75 PAY1_X 304 313 Char Primary expected payer (as received from source) NIS 2006 Core 76 PAY2 314 315 Num Secondary expected payer (uniform) NIS 2006 Core 77 PAY2_X 316 325 Char Secondary expected payer (as received from source) NIS 2006 Core 78 PL_UR_CAT4 326 327 Num Patient Location: Urban-Rural 4 Categories NIS 2006 Core 79 PR1 328 331 Char Principal procedure NIS 2006 Core 80 PR2 332 335 Char Procedure 2 NIS 2006 Core 81 PR3 336 339 Char Procedure 3 NIS 2006 Core 82 PR4 340 343 Char Procedure 4 NIS 2006 Core 83 PR5 344 347 Char Procedure 5 NIS 2006 Core 84 PR6 348 351 Char Procedure 6 NIS 2006 Core 85 PR7 352 355 Char Procedure 7 NIS 2006 Core 86 PR8 356 359 Char Procedure 8 NIS 2006 Core 87 PR9 360 363 Char Procedure 9 NIS 2006 Core 88 PR10 364 367 Char Procedure 10 NIS 2006 Core 89 PR11 368 371 Char Procedure 11 NIS 2006 Core 90 PR12 372 375 Char Procedure 12 NIS 2006 Core 91 PR13 376 379 Char Procedure 13 NIS 2006 Core 92 PR14 380 383 Char Procedure 14 NIS 2006 Core 93 PR15 384 387 Char Procedure 15 NIS 2006 Core 94 PRCCS1 388 390 Num CCS: principal procedure NIS 2006 Core 95 PRCCS2 391 393 Num CCS: procedure 2 NIS 2006 Core 96 PRCCS3 394 396 Num CCS: procedure 3 NIS 2006 Core 97 PRCCS4 397 399 Num CCS: procedure 4 NIS 2006 Core 98 PRCCS5 400 402 Num CCS: procedure 5 NIS 2006 Core 99 PRCCS6 403 405 Num CCS: procedure 6 NIS 2006 Core 100 PRCCS7 406 408 Num CCS: procedure 7 NIS 2006 Core 101 PRCCS8 409 411 Num CCS: procedure 8 NIS 2006 Core 102 PRCCS9 412 414 Num CCS: procedure 9 NIS 2006 Core 103 PRCCS10 415 417 Num CCS: procedure 10 NIS 2006 Core 104 PRCCS11 418 420 Num CCS: procedure 11 NIS 2006 Core 105 PRCCS12 421 423 Num CCS: procedure 12 NIS 2006 Core 106 PRCCS13 424 426 Num CCS: procedure 13 NIS 2006 Core 107 PRCCS14 427 429 Num CCS: procedure 14 NIS 2006 Core 108 PRCCS15 430 432 Num CCS: procedure 15 NIS 2006 Core 109 PRDAY1 433 435 Num Number of days from admission to PR1 NIS 2006 Core 110 PRDAY2 436 438 Num Number of days from admission to PR2 NIS 2006 Core 111 PRDAY3 439 441 Num Number of days from admission to PR3 NIS 2006 Core 112 PRDAY4 442 444 Num Number of days from admission to PR4 NIS 2006 Core 113 PRDAY5 445 447 Num Number of days from admission to PR5 NIS 2006 Core 114 PRDAY6 448 450 Num Number of days from admission to PR6 NIS 2006 Core 115 PRDAY7 451 453 Num Number of days from admission to PR7 NIS 2006 Core 116 PRDAY8 454 456 Num Number of days from admission to PR8 NIS 2006 Core 117 PRDAY9 457 459 Num Number of days from admission to PR9 NIS 2006 Core 118 PRDAY10 460 462 Num Number of days from admission to PR10 NIS 2006 Core 119 PRDAY11 463 465 Num Number of days from admission to PR11 NIS 2006 Core 120 PRDAY12 466 468 Num Number of days from admission to PR12 NIS 2006 Core 121 PRDAY13 469 471 Num Number of days from admission to PR13 NIS 2006 Core 122 PRDAY14 472 474 Num Number of days from admission to PR14 NIS 2006 Core 123 PRDAY15 475 477 Num Number of days from admission to PR15 NIS 2006 Core 124 RACE 478 479 Num Race (uniform) NIS 2006 Core 125 TOTCHG 480 489 Num Total charges (cleaned) NIS 2006 Core 126 TOTCHG_X 490 504 2 Num Total charges (as received from source) NIS 2006 Core 127 YEAR 505 508 Num Calendar year NIS 2006 Core 128 ZIPINC_QRTL 509 510 Num Median household income national quartile for patient ZIP Code