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NIS Description of Data Elements

 
I10_NDX - Number of ICD-10-CM diagnoses on this discharge
 
Documentation Sections:
General Notes
Uniform Values
State Specific Notes
General Notes
 

I10_NDX indicates the total number of ICD-10-CM diagnoses (valid and invalid) coded on the discharge record. In assigning I10_NDX, the first listed diagnosis is included in the count, even if it is blank, so long as there is a secondary diagnosis present (see table below).

Beginning with the 2017 HCUP databases, external cause of morbidity codes are included with other diagnoses in the diagnosis-related data elements (I10_DXn, I10_NDX, and DXPOAn) and are no longer retained in separate data elements (I10_ECAUSEn, I10_NECAUSE, and E_POAn).

For data prior to the fourth quarter of 2015, the count of the number of diagnoses is stored in the data element NDX to indicate the use of the ICD-9-CM coding system.

Value Description
0 No ICD-10-CM diagnoses are coded on the record
1 Only the first listed diagnosis (I10_DX1) is coded. All secondary diagnoses are blank.
2 One secondary diagnosis (I10_DX2) is coded. The first listed diagnosis (I10_DX1) may be coded or blank.
3 The second and third diagnoses (I10_DX2 and I10_DX3) are coded. The first listed diagnosis (I10_DX1) may be coded or blank.
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Uniform Values
VariableDescriptionValueValue Description
I10_NDXNumber of ICD-10-CM diagnoses on this discharge0-nnNumber of diagnoses
 
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State Specific Notes
None
 
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Internet Citation: HCUP NIS Description of Data Elements. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). September 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/i10_ndx/nisnote.jsp.
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