Data Set Name: NIS_2002_SEVERITY Number of Observations: 7853982 Total Record Length: 172 Total Number of Variables: 46 Columns Description: ======= ============ 1- 3 Database name 5- 8 Discharge year of data 10- 25 File name 27- 29 Variable number 31- 59 Variable name 61- 63 Starting column of variable in ASCII file 65- 67 Ending column of variable in ASCII file 69 Non-zero number of digits after decimal point for numeric variable 71- 74 Variable type (Num=numeric; Char=character) 76-175 Variable label NIS 2002 SEVERITY 1 KEY 1 14 Num HCUP record identifier NIS 2002 SEVERITY 2 APRDRG 15 18 Num All Patient Refined DRG NIS 2002 SEVERITY 3 APRDRG_Risk_Mortality 19 20 Num All Patient Refined DRG: Risk of Mortality Subclass NIS 2002 SEVERITY 4 APRDRG_Severity 21 22 Num All Patient Refined DRG: Severity of Illness Subclass NIS 2002 SEVERITY 5 APSDRG 23 27 Num All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG NIS 2002 SEVERITY 6 APSDRG_Charge_Weight 28 37 5 Num All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG: Charge Weight NIS 2002 SEVERITY 7 APSDRG_LOS_Weight 38 47 5 Num All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG: Length of Stay Weight NIS 2002 SEVERITY 8 APSDRG_Mortality_Weight 48 57 5 Num All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG: Mortality Weight NIS 2002 SEVERITY 9 CM_AIDS 58 59 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome NIS 2002 SEVERITY 10 CM_ALCOHOL 60 61 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Alcohol abuse NIS 2002 SEVERITY 11 CM_ANEMDEF 62 63 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Deficiency anemias NIS 2002 SEVERITY 12 CM_ARTH 64 65 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Rheumatoid arthritis/collagen vascular diseases NIS 2002 SEVERITY 13 CM_BLDLOSS 66 67 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Chronic blood loss anemia NIS 2002 SEVERITY 14 CM_CHF 68 69 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Congestive heart failure NIS 2002 SEVERITY 15 CM_CHRNLUNG 70 71 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Chronic pulmonary disease NIS 2002 SEVERITY 16 CM_COAG 72 73 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Coagulopathy NIS 2002 SEVERITY 17 CM_DEPRESS 74 75 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Depression NIS 2002 SEVERITY 18 CM_DM 76 77 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Diabetes, uncomplicated NIS 2002 SEVERITY 19 CM_DMCX 78 79 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Diabetes with chronic complications NIS 2002 SEVERITY 20 CM_DRUG 80 81 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Drug abuse NIS 2002 SEVERITY 21 CM_HTN_C 82 83 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Hypertension (combine uncomplicated and complicated) NIS 2002 SEVERITY 22 CM_HYPOTHY 84 85 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Hypothyroidism NIS 2002 SEVERITY 23 CM_LIVER 86 87 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Liver disease NIS 2002 SEVERITY 24 CM_LYMPH 88 89 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Lymphoma NIS 2002 SEVERITY 25 CM_LYTES 90 91 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Fluid and electrolyte disorders NIS 2002 SEVERITY 26 CM_METS 92 93 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Metastatic cancer NIS 2002 SEVERITY 27 CM_NEURO 94 95 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Other neurological disorders NIS 2002 SEVERITY 28 CM_OBESE 96 97 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Obesity NIS 2002 SEVERITY 29 CM_PARA 98 99 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Paralysis NIS 2002 SEVERITY 30 CM_PERIVASC 100 101 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Peripheral vascular disorders NIS 2002 SEVERITY 31 CM_PSYCH 102 103 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Psychoses NIS 2002 SEVERITY 32 CM_PULMCIRC 104 105 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Pulmonary circulation disorders NIS 2002 SEVERITY 33 CM_RENLFAIL 106 107 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Renal failure NIS 2002 SEVERITY 34 CM_TUMOR 108 109 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Solid tumor without metastasis NIS 2002 SEVERITY 35 CM_ULCER 110 111 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Peptic ulcer disease excluding bleeding NIS 2002 SEVERITY 36 CM_VALVE 112 113 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Valvular disease NIS 2002 SEVERITY 37 CM_WGHTLOSS 114 115 Num AHRQ comorbidity measure: Weight loss NIS 2002 SEVERITY 38 DS_DX_Category1 116 120 Char Disease Staging: Principal Disease Category NIS 2002 SEVERITY 39 DS_LOS_Level 121 122 Num Disease Staging: Length of Stay Level NIS 2002 SEVERITY 40 DS_LOS_Scale 123 134 5 Num Disease Staging: Length of Stay Scale NIS 2002 SEVERITY 41 DS_Mrt_Level 135 136 Num Disease Staging: Mortality Level NIS 2002 SEVERITY 42 DS_Mrt_Scale 137 148 5 Num Disease Staging: Mortality Scale NIS 2002 SEVERITY 43 DS_RD_Level 149 150 Num Disease Staging: Resource Demand Level NIS 2002 SEVERITY 44 DS_RD_Scale 151 162 5 Num Disease Staging: Resource Demand Scale NIS 2002 SEVERITY 45 DS_Stage1 163 167 2 Num Disease Staging: Principal Stage NIS 2002 SEVERITY 46 HOSPID 168 172 Num HCUP hospital identification number