Data Set Name: NIS_2010_CORE Number of Observations: 7800441 Total Record Length: 591 Total Number of Data Elements: 155 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 2010 Core 1 AGE 1 3 Num Age in years at admission NIS 2010 Core 2 AGEDAY 4 6 Num Age in days (when age < 1 year) NIS 2010 Core 3 AMONTH 7 8 Num Admission month NIS 2010 Core 4 ASOURCE 9 10 Num Admission source (uniform) NIS 2010 Core 5 ASOURCEUB92 11 11 Char Admission source (UB-92 standard coding) NIS 2010 Core 6 ASOURCE_X 12 15 Char Admission source (as received from source) NIS 2010 Core 7 ATYPE 16 17 Num Admission type NIS 2010 Core 8 AWEEKEND 18 19 Num Admission day is a weekend NIS 2010 Core 9 DIED 20 21 Num Died during hospitalization NIS 2010 Core 10 DISCWT 22 32 7 Num Weight to discharges in AHA universe NIS 2010 Core 11 DISPUB04 33 34 Num Disposition of patient (UB-04 standard coding) NIS 2010 Core 12 DISPUNIFORM 35 36 Num Disposition of patient (uniform) NIS 2010 Core 13 DQTR 37 38 Num Discharge quarter NIS 2010 Core 14 DQTR_X 39 40 Num Discharge quarter (as received from source) NIS 2010 Core 15 DRG 41 43 Num DRG in effect on discharge date NIS 2010 Core 16 DRG24 44 46 Num DRG, version 24 NIS 2010 Core 17 DRGVER 47 48 Num DRG grouper version used on discharge date NIS 2010 Core 18 DRG_NoPOA 49 51 Num DRG in use on discharge date, calculated without POA NIS 2010 Core 19 DSHOSPID 52 68 Char Data source hospital identifier NIS 2010 Core 20 DX1 69 73 Char Diagnosis 1 NIS 2010 Core 21 DX2 74 78 Char Diagnosis 2 NIS 2010 Core 22 DX3 79 83 Char Diagnosis 3 NIS 2010 Core 23 DX4 84 88 Char Diagnosis 4 NIS 2010 Core 24 DX5 89 93 Char Diagnosis 5 NIS 2010 Core 25 DX6 94 98 Char Diagnosis 6 NIS 2010 Core 26 DX7 99 103 Char Diagnosis 7 NIS 2010 Core 27 DX8 104 108 Char Diagnosis 8 NIS 2010 Core 28 DX9 109 113 Char Diagnosis 9 NIS 2010 Core 29 DX10 114 118 Char Diagnosis 10 NIS 2010 Core 30 DX11 119 123 Char Diagnosis 11 NIS 2010 Core 31 DX12 124 128 Char Diagnosis 12 NIS 2010 Core 32 DX13 129 133 Char Diagnosis 13 NIS 2010 Core 33 DX14 134 138 Char Diagnosis 14 NIS 2010 Core 34 DX15 139 143 Char Diagnosis 15 NIS 2010 Core 35 DX16 144 148 Char Diagnosis 16 NIS 2010 Core 36 DX17 149 153 Char Diagnosis 17 NIS 2010 Core 37 DX18 154 158 Char Diagnosis 18 NIS 2010 Core 38 DX19 159 163 Char Diagnosis 19 NIS 2010 Core 39 DX20 164 168 Char Diagnosis 20 NIS 2010 Core 40 DX21 169 173 Char Diagnosis 21 NIS 2010 Core 41 DX22 174 178 Char Diagnosis 22 NIS 2010 Core 42 DX23 179 183 Char Diagnosis 23 NIS 2010 Core 43 DX24 184 188 Char Diagnosis 24 NIS 2010 Core 44 DX25 189 193 Char Diagnosis 25 NIS 2010 Core 45 DXCCS1 194 196 Num CCS: diagnosis 1 NIS 2010 Core 46 DXCCS2 197 199 Num CCS: diagnosis 2 NIS 2010 Core 47 DXCCS3 200 202 Num CCS: diagnosis 3 NIS 2010 Core 48 DXCCS4 203 205 Num CCS: diagnosis 4 NIS 2010 Core 49 DXCCS5 206 208 Num CCS: diagnosis 5 NIS 2010 Core 50 DXCCS6 209 211 Num CCS: diagnosis 6 NIS 2010 Core 51 DXCCS7 212 214 Num CCS: diagnosis 7 NIS 2010 Core 52 DXCCS8 215 217 Num CCS: diagnosis 8 NIS 2010 Core 53 DXCCS9 218 220 Num CCS: diagnosis 9 NIS 2010 Core 54 DXCCS10 221 223 Num CCS: diagnosis 10 NIS 2010 Core 55 DXCCS11 224 226 Num CCS: diagnosis 11 NIS 2010 Core 56 DXCCS12 227 229 Num CCS: diagnosis 12 NIS 2010 Core 57 DXCCS13 230 232 Num CCS: diagnosis 13 NIS 2010 Core 58 DXCCS14 233 235 Num CCS: diagnosis 14 NIS 2010 Core 59 DXCCS15 236 238 Num CCS: diagnosis 15 NIS 2010 Core 60 DXCCS16 239 241 Num CCS: diagnosis 16 NIS 2010 Core 61 DXCCS17 242 244 Num CCS: diagnosis 17 NIS 2010 Core 62 DXCCS18 245 247 Num CCS: diagnosis 18 NIS 2010 Core 63 DXCCS19 248 250 Num CCS: diagnosis 19 NIS 2010 Core 64 DXCCS20 251 253 Num CCS: diagnosis 20 NIS 2010 Core 65 DXCCS21 254 256 Num CCS: diagnosis 21 NIS 2010 Core 66 DXCCS22 257 259 Num CCS: diagnosis 22 NIS 2010 Core 67 DXCCS23 260 262 Num CCS: diagnosis 23 NIS 2010 Core 68 DXCCS24 263 265 Num CCS: diagnosis 24 NIS 2010 Core 69 DXCCS25 266 268 Num CCS: diagnosis 25 NIS 2010 Core 70 ECODE1 269 273 Char E code 1 NIS 2010 Core 71 ECODE2 274 278 Char E code 2 NIS 2010 Core 72 ECODE3 279 283 Char E code 3 NIS 2010 Core 73 ECODE4 284 288 Char E code 4 NIS 2010 Core 74 ELECTIVE 289 290 Num Elective versus non-elective admission NIS 2010 Core 75 E_CCS1 291 294 Num CCS: E Code 1 NIS 2010 Core 76 E_CCS2 295 298 Num CCS: E Code 2 NIS 2010 Core 77 E_CCS3 299 302 Num CCS: E Code 3 NIS 2010 Core 78 E_CCS4 303 306 Num CCS: E Code 4 NIS 2010 Core 79 FEMALE 307 308 Num Indicator of sex NIS 2010 Core 80 HCUP_ED 309 311 Num HCUP Emergency Department service indicator NIS 2010 Core 81 HOSPBRTH 312 313 Num Indicator of birth in this hospital NIS 2010 Core 82 HOSPID 314 318 Num HCUP hospital identification number NIS 2010 Core 83 HOSPST 319 320 Char Hospital state postal code NIS 2010 Core 84 KEY 321 334 Num HCUP record identifier NIS 2010 Core 85 LOS 335 339 Num Length of stay (cleaned) NIS 2010 Core 86 LOS_X 340 345 Num Length of stay (as received from source) NIS 2010 Core 87 MDC 346 347 Num MDC in effect on discharge date NIS 2010 Core 88 MDC24 348 349 Num MDC, version 24 NIS 2010 Core 89 MDC_NoPOA 350 351 Num MDC in use on discharge date, calculated without POA NIS 2010 Core 90 NCHRONIC 352 353 Num Number of chronic conditions NIS 2010 Core 91 NDX 354 355 Num Number of diagnoses on this record NIS 2010 Core 92 NECODE 356 358 Num Number of E codes on this record NIS 2010 Core 93 NEOMAT 359 360 Num Neonatal and/or maternal DX and/or PR NIS 2010 Core 94 NIS_STRATUM 361 364 Num Stratum used to sample hospital NIS 2010 Core 95 NPR 365 366 Num Number of procedures on this record NIS 2010 Core 96 ORPROC 367 368 Num Major operating room procedure indicator NIS 2010 Core 97 PAY1 369 370 Num Primary expected payer (uniform) NIS 2010 Core 98 PAY1_X 371 380 Char Primary expected payer (as received from source) NIS 2010 Core 99 PAY2 381 382 Num Secondary expected payer (uniform) NIS 2010 Core 100 PAY2_X 383 392 Char Secondary expected payer (as received from source) NIS 2010 Core 101 PL_NCHS2006 393 395 Num Patient Location: NCHS Urban-Rural Code (V2006) NIS 2010 Core 102 PR1 396 399 Char Procedure 1 NIS 2010 Core 103 PR2 400 403 Char Procedure 2 NIS 2010 Core 104 PR3 404 407 Char Procedure 3 NIS 2010 Core 105 PR4 408 411 Char Procedure 4 NIS 2010 Core 106 PR5 412 415 Char Procedure 5 NIS 2010 Core 107 PR6 416 419 Char Procedure 6 NIS 2010 Core 108 PR7 420 423 Char Procedure 7 NIS 2010 Core 109 PR8 424 427 Char Procedure 8 NIS 2010 Core 110 PR9 428 431 Char Procedure 9 NIS 2010 Core 111 PR10 432 435 Char Procedure 10 NIS 2010 Core 112 PR11 436 439 Char Procedure 11 NIS 2010 Core 113 PR12 440 443 Char Procedure 12 NIS 2010 Core 114 PR13 444 447 Char Procedure 13 NIS 2010 Core 115 PR14 448 451 Char Procedure 14 NIS 2010 Core 116 PR15 452 455 Char Procedure 15 NIS 2010 Core 117 PRCCS1 456 458 Num CCS: procedure 1 NIS 2010 Core 118 PRCCS2 459 461 Num CCS: procedure 2 NIS 2010 Core 119 PRCCS3 462 464 Num CCS: procedure 3 NIS 2010 Core 120 PRCCS4 465 467 Num CCS: procedure 4 NIS 2010 Core 121 PRCCS5 468 470 Num CCS: procedure 5 NIS 2010 Core 122 PRCCS6 471 473 Num CCS: procedure 6 NIS 2010 Core 123 PRCCS7 474 476 Num CCS: procedure 7 NIS 2010 Core 124 PRCCS8 477 479 Num CCS: procedure 8 NIS 2010 Core 125 PRCCS9 480 482 Num CCS: procedure 9 NIS 2010 Core 126 PRCCS10 483 485 Num CCS: procedure 10 NIS 2010 Core 127 PRCCS11 486 488 Num CCS: procedure 11 NIS 2010 Core 128 PRCCS12 489 491 Num CCS: procedure 12 NIS 2010 Core 129 PRCCS13 492 494 Num CCS: procedure 13 NIS 2010 Core 130 PRCCS14 495 497 Num CCS: procedure 14 NIS 2010 Core 131 PRCCS15 498 500 Num CCS: procedure 15 NIS 2010 Core 132 PRDAY1 501 503 Num Number of days from admission to PR1 NIS 2010 Core 133 PRDAY2 504 506 Num Number of days from admission to PR2 NIS 2010 Core 134 PRDAY3 507 509 Num Number of days from admission to PR3 NIS 2010 Core 135 PRDAY4 510 512 Num Number of days from admission to PR4 NIS 2010 Core 136 PRDAY5 513 515 Num Number of days from admission to PR5 NIS 2010 Core 137 PRDAY6 516 518 Num Number of days from admission to PR6 NIS 2010 Core 138 PRDAY7 519 521 Num Number of days from admission to PR7 NIS 2010 Core 139 PRDAY8 522 524 Num Number of days from admission to PR8 NIS 2010 Core 140 PRDAY9 525 527 Num Number of days from admission to PR9 NIS 2010 Core 141 PRDAY10 528 530 Num Number of days from admission to PR10 NIS 2010 Core 142 PRDAY11 531 533 Num Number of days from admission to PR11 NIS 2010 Core 143 PRDAY12 534 536 Num Number of days from admission to PR12 NIS 2010 Core 144 PRDAY13 537 539 Num Number of days from admission to PR13 NIS 2010 Core 145 PRDAY14 540 542 Num Number of days from admission to PR14 NIS 2010 Core 146 PRDAY15 543 545 Num Number of days from admission to PR15 NIS 2010 Core 147 PointOfOriginUB04 546 546 Char Point of origin for admission or visit, UB-04 standard coding NIS 2010 Core 148 PointOfOrigin_X 547 554 Char Point of origin for admission or visit, as received from source NIS 2010 Core 149 RACE 555 556 Num Race (uniform) NIS 2010 Core 150 TOTCHG 557 566 Num Total charges (cleaned) NIS 2010 Core 151 TOTCHG_X 567 581 2 Num Total charges (as received from source) NIS 2010 Core 152 TRAN_IN 582 583 Num Transfer in indicator NIS 2010 Core 153 TRAN_OUT 584 585 Num Transfer out indicator NIS 2010 Core 154 YEAR 586 589 Num Calendar year NIS 2010 Core 155 ZIPINC_QRTL 590 591 Num Median household income national quartile for patient ZIP Code