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NEDS Description of Data Elements

 
PCLASS_EDn - Procedure class
 
Documentation Sections:
General Notes
Uniform Values
State Specific Notes
General Notes
 

The Procedure Classes categorizes ICD-9-CM procedure codes into one of four broad categories:

  • Minor Diagnostic: Non-operating room procedures that are diagnostic (e.g., 87.03 CT scan of head)
  • Minor Therapeutic - Non-operating room procedures that are therapeutic (e.g., 02.41 Irrigate ventricular shunt)
  • Major Diagnostic - All procedures considered valid operating room procedures by the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) grouper and that are performed for diagnostic reasons (e.g., 01.14 Open brain biopsy)
  • Major Therapeutic - All procedures considered valid operating room procedures by the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) grouper and that are performed for therapeutic reasons (e.g., 39.24 Aorta-renal bypass).

PCLASS_EDn is coded as follows:

  • 1 to 4 if the procedure code (PR_EDn) is valid by the HCUP criteria. PCLASS_EDn is missing (.), if there is no procedure code (PR_EDn = " ").
  • PCLASS_EDn is set to invalid (.A), if the procedure code (PR_EDn) is invalid by the HCUP criteria.
  • PCLASS_EDn is set to inconsistent (.C), if the procedure code (PR_EDn) is inconsistent with age or sex of the patient.
 
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Uniform Values
VariableDescriptionValueValue Description
PCLASS_EDnProcedure class1Minor Diagnostic
2Minor Therapeutic
3Major Diagnostic
4Major Therapeutic
.No procedure code
.AInvalid procedure code
.CInconsistent procedure code
 
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State Specific Notes
None
 
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Internet Citation: HCUP NEDS Description of Data Elements. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). May 2015. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/pclass_edn/nedsnote.jsp.
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