Data Set Name: NIS_2007_CORE Number of Observations: 8043415 Total Record Length: 508 Total Number of Data Elements: 131 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 2007 Core 1 AGE 1 3 Num Age in years at admission NIS 2007 Core 2 AGEDAY 4 6 Num Age in days (when age < 1 year) NIS 2007 Core 3 AMONTH 7 8 Num Admission month NIS 2007 Core 4 ASOURCE 9 10 Num Admission source (uniform) NIS 2007 Core 5 ASOURCEUB92 11 11 Char Admission source (UB-92 standard coding) NIS 2007 Core 6 ASOURCE_X 12 19 Char Admission source (as received from source) NIS 2007 Core 7 ATYPE 20 21 Num Admission type NIS 2007 Core 8 AWEEKEND 22 23 Num Admission day is a weekend NIS 2007 Core 9 DIED 24 25 Num Died during hospitalization NIS 2007 Core 10 DISCWT 26 36 7 Num Weight to discharges in AHA universe NIS 2007 Core 11 DISPUB04 37 38 Num Disposition of patient (UB-04 standard coding) NIS 2007 Core 12 DISPUNIFORM 39 40 Num Disposition of patient (uniform) NIS 2007 Core 13 DQTR 41 42 Num Discharge quarter NIS 2007 Core 14 DQTR_X 43 44 Num Discharge quarter (as received from source) NIS 2007 Core 15 DRG 45 47 Num DRG in effect on discharge date NIS 2007 Core 16 DRG24 48 50 Num DRG, version 24 NIS 2007 Core 17 DRGVER 51 52 Num DRG grouper version used on discharge date NIS 2007 Core 18 DSHOSPID 53 65 Char Data source hospital identifier NIS 2007 Core 19 DX1 66 70 Char Diagnosis 1 NIS 2007 Core 20 DX2 71 75 Char Diagnosis 2 NIS 2007 Core 21 DX3 76 80 Char Diagnosis 3 NIS 2007 Core 22 DX4 81 85 Char Diagnosis 4 NIS 2007 Core 23 DX5 86 90 Char Diagnosis 5 NIS 2007 Core 24 DX6 91 95 Char Diagnosis 6 NIS 2007 Core 25 DX7 96 100 Char Diagnosis 7 NIS 2007 Core 26 DX8 101 105 Char Diagnosis 8 NIS 2007 Core 27 DX9 106 110 Char Diagnosis 9 NIS 2007 Core 28 DX10 111 115 Char Diagnosis 10 NIS 2007 Core 29 DX11 116 120 Char Diagnosis 11 NIS 2007 Core 30 DX12 121 125 Char Diagnosis 12 NIS 2007 Core 31 DX13 126 130 Char Diagnosis 13 NIS 2007 Core 32 DX14 131 135 Char Diagnosis 14 NIS 2007 Core 33 DX15 136 140 Char Diagnosis 15 NIS 2007 Core 34 DXCCS1 141 143 Num CCS: diagnosis 1 NIS 2007 Core 35 DXCCS2 144 146 Num CCS: diagnosis 2 NIS 2007 Core 36 DXCCS3 147 149 Num CCS: diagnosis 3 NIS 2007 Core 37 DXCCS4 150 152 Num CCS: diagnosis 4 NIS 2007 Core 38 DXCCS5 153 155 Num CCS: diagnosis 5 NIS 2007 Core 39 DXCCS6 156 158 Num CCS: diagnosis 6 NIS 2007 Core 40 DXCCS7 159 161 Num CCS: diagnosis 7 NIS 2007 Core 41 DXCCS8 162 164 Num CCS: diagnosis 8 NIS 2007 Core 42 DXCCS9 165 167 Num CCS: diagnosis 9 NIS 2007 Core 43 DXCCS10 168 170 Num CCS: diagnosis 10 NIS 2007 Core 44 DXCCS11 171 173 Num CCS: diagnosis 11 NIS 2007 Core 45 DXCCS12 174 176 Num CCS: diagnosis 12 NIS 2007 Core 46 DXCCS13 177 179 Num CCS: diagnosis 13 NIS 2007 Core 47 DXCCS14 180 182 Num CCS: diagnosis 14 NIS 2007 Core 48 DXCCS15 183 185 Num CCS: diagnosis 15 NIS 2007 Core 49 ECODE1 186 190 Char E code 1 NIS 2007 Core 50 ECODE2 191 195 Char E code 2 NIS 2007 Core 51 ECODE3 196 200 Char E code 3 NIS 2007 Core 52 ECODE4 201 205 Char E code 4 NIS 2007 Core 53 ELECTIVE 206 207 Num Elective versus non-elective admission NIS 2007 Core 54 E_CCS1 208 211 Num CCS: E Code 1 NIS 2007 Core 55 E_CCS2 212 215 Num CCS: E Code 2 NIS 2007 Core 56 E_CCS3 216 219 Num CCS: E Code 3 NIS 2007 Core 57 E_CCS4 220 223 Num CCS: E Code 4 NIS 2007 Core 58 FEMALE 224 225 Num Indicator of sex NIS 2007 Core 59 HCUP_ED 226 228 Num HCUP Emergency Department service indicator NIS 2007 Core 60 HOSPBRTH 229 230 Num Indicator of birth in this hospital NIS 2007 Core 61 HOSPID 231 235 Num HCUP hospital identification number NIS 2007 Core 62 HOSPST 236 237 Char Hospital state postal code NIS 2007 Core 63 KEY 238 251 Num HCUP record identifier NIS 2007 Core 64 LOS 252 256 Num Length of stay (cleaned) NIS 2007 Core 65 LOS_X 257 262 Num Length of stay (as received from source) NIS 2007 Core 66 MDC 263 264 Num MDC in effect on discharge date NIS 2007 Core 67 MDC24 265 266 Num MDC, version 24 NIS 2007 Core 68 MDNUM1_R 267 271 Num Physician 1 number (re-identified) NIS 2007 Core 69 MDNUM2_R 272 276 Num Physician 2 number (re-identified) NIS 2007 Core 70 NDX 277 278 Num Number of diagnoses on this record NIS 2007 Core 71 NECODE 279 281 Num Number of E codes on this record NIS 2007 Core 72 NEOMAT 282 283 Num Neonatal and/or maternal DX and/or PR NIS 2007 Core 73 NIS_STRATUM 284 287 Num Stratum used to sample hospital NIS 2007 Core 74 NPR 288 289 Num Number of procedures on this record NIS 2007 Core 75 PAY1 290 291 Num Primary expected payer (uniform) NIS 2007 Core 76 PAY1_X 292 301 Char Primary expected payer (as received from source) NIS 2007 Core 77 PAY2 302 303 Num Secondary expected payer (uniform) NIS 2007 Core 78 PAY2_X 304 313 Char Secondary expected payer (as received from source) NIS 2007 Core 79 PL_NCHS2006 314 316 Num Patient Location: NCHS Urban-Rural Code (V2006) NIS 2007 Core 80 PR1 317 320 Char Procedure 1 NIS 2007 Core 81 PR2 321 324 Char Procedure 2 NIS 2007 Core 82 PR3 325 328 Char Procedure 3 NIS 2007 Core 83 PR4 329 332 Char Procedure 4 NIS 2007 Core 84 PR5 333 336 Char Procedure 5 NIS 2007 Core 85 PR6 337 340 Char Procedure 6 NIS 2007 Core 86 PR7 341 344 Char Procedure 7 NIS 2007 Core 87 PR8 345 348 Char Procedure 8 NIS 2007 Core 88 PR9 349 352 Char Procedure 9 NIS 2007 Core 89 PR10 353 356 Char Procedure 10 NIS 2007 Core 90 PR11 357 360 Char Procedure 11 NIS 2007 Core 91 PR12 361 364 Char Procedure 12 NIS 2007 Core 92 PR13 365 368 Char Procedure 13 NIS 2007 Core 93 PR14 369 372 Char Procedure 14 NIS 2007 Core 94 PR15 373 376 Char Procedure 15 NIS 2007 Core 95 PRCCS1 377 379 Num CCS: procedure 1 NIS 2007 Core 96 PRCCS2 380 382 Num CCS: procedure 2 NIS 2007 Core 97 PRCCS3 383 385 Num CCS: procedure 3 NIS 2007 Core 98 PRCCS4 386 388 Num CCS: procedure 4 NIS 2007 Core 99 PRCCS5 389 391 Num CCS: procedure 5 NIS 2007 Core 100 PRCCS6 392 394 Num CCS: procedure 6 NIS 2007 Core 101 PRCCS7 395 397 Num CCS: procedure 7 NIS 2007 Core 102 PRCCS8 398 400 Num CCS: procedure 8 NIS 2007 Core 103 PRCCS9 401 403 Num CCS: procedure 9 NIS 2007 Core 104 PRCCS10 404 406 Num CCS: procedure 10 NIS 2007 Core 105 PRCCS11 407 409 Num CCS: procedure 11 NIS 2007 Core 106 PRCCS12 410 412 Num CCS: procedure 12 NIS 2007 Core 107 PRCCS13 413 415 Num CCS: procedure 13 NIS 2007 Core 108 PRCCS14 416 418 Num CCS: procedure 14 NIS 2007 Core 109 PRCCS15 419 421 Num CCS: procedure 15 NIS 2007 Core 110 PRDAY1 422 424 Num Number of days from admission to PR1 NIS 2007 Core 111 PRDAY2 425 427 Num Number of days from admission to PR2 NIS 2007 Core 112 PRDAY3 428 430 Num Number of days from admission to PR3 NIS 2007 Core 113 PRDAY4 431 433 Num Number of days from admission to PR4 NIS 2007 Core 114 PRDAY5 434 436 Num Number of days from admission to PR5 NIS 2007 Core 115 PRDAY6 437 439 Num Number of days from admission to PR6 NIS 2007 Core 116 PRDAY7 440 442 Num Number of days from admission to PR7 NIS 2007 Core 117 PRDAY8 443 445 Num Number of days from admission to PR8 NIS 2007 Core 118 PRDAY9 446 448 Num Number of days from admission to PR9 NIS 2007 Core 119 PRDAY10 449 451 Num Number of days from admission to PR10 NIS 2007 Core 120 PRDAY11 452 454 Num Number of days from admission to PR11 NIS 2007 Core 121 PRDAY12 455 457 Num Number of days from admission to PR12 NIS 2007 Core 122 PRDAY13 458 460 Num Number of days from admission to PR13 NIS 2007 Core 123 PRDAY14 461 463 Num Number of days from admission to PR14 NIS 2007 Core 124 PRDAY15 464 466 Num Number of days from admission to PR15 NIS 2007 Core 125 PointOfOriginUB04 467 467 Char Point of origin for admission or visit, UB-04 standard coding NIS 2007 Core 126 PointOfOrigin_X 468 475 Char Point of origin for admission or visit, as received from source NIS 2007 Core 127 RACE 476 477 Num Race (uniform) NIS 2007 Core 128 TOTCHG 478 487 Num Total charges (cleaned) NIS 2007 Core 129 TOTCHG_X 488 502 2 Num Total charges (as received from source) NIS 2007 Core 130 YEAR 503 506 Num Calendar year NIS 2007 Core 131 ZIPINC_QRTL 507 508 Num Median household income national quartile for patient ZIP Code