Data Set Name: NIS_2013_CORE Number of Observations: 7119563 Total Record Length: 504 Total Number of Data Elements: 141 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 2013 Core 1 AGE 1 3 Num Age in years at admission NIS 2013 Core 2 AGE_NEONATE 4 5 Num Neonatal age (first 28 days after birth) indicator NIS 2013 Core 3 AMONTH 6 7 Num Admission month NIS 2013 Core 4 AWEEKEND 8 9 Num Admission day is a weekend NIS 2013 Core 5 DIED 10 11 Num Died during hospitalization NIS 2013 Core 6 DISCWT 12 22 7 Num NIS discharge weight NIS 2013 Core 7 DISPUNIFORM 23 24 Num Disposition of patient (uniform) NIS 2013 Core 8 DQTR 25 26 Num Discharge quarter NIS 2013 Core 9 DRG 27 29 Num DRG in effect on discharge date NIS 2013 Core 10 DRG24 30 32 Num DRG, version 24 NIS 2013 Core 11 DRGVER 33 34 Num DRG grouper version used on discharge date NIS 2013 Core 12 DRG_NoPOA 35 37 Num DRG in use on discharge date, calculated without POA NIS 2013 Core 13 DX1 38 42 Char Diagnosis 1 NIS 2013 Core 14 DX2 43 47 Char Diagnosis 2 NIS 2013 Core 15 DX3 48 52 Char Diagnosis 3 NIS 2013 Core 16 DX4 53 57 Char Diagnosis 4 NIS 2013 Core 17 DX5 58 62 Char Diagnosis 5 NIS 2013 Core 18 DX6 63 67 Char Diagnosis 6 NIS 2013 Core 19 DX7 68 72 Char Diagnosis 7 NIS 2013 Core 20 DX8 73 77 Char Diagnosis 8 NIS 2013 Core 21 DX9 78 82 Char Diagnosis 9 NIS 2013 Core 22 DX10 83 87 Char Diagnosis 10 NIS 2013 Core 23 DX11 88 92 Char Diagnosis 11 NIS 2013 Core 24 DX12 93 97 Char Diagnosis 12 NIS 2013 Core 25 DX13 98 102 Char Diagnosis 13 NIS 2013 Core 26 DX14 103 107 Char Diagnosis 14 NIS 2013 Core 27 DX15 108 112 Char Diagnosis 15 NIS 2013 Core 28 DX16 113 117 Char Diagnosis 16 NIS 2013 Core 29 DX17 118 122 Char Diagnosis 17 NIS 2013 Core 30 DX18 123 127 Char Diagnosis 18 NIS 2013 Core 31 DX19 128 132 Char Diagnosis 19 NIS 2013 Core 32 DX20 133 137 Char Diagnosis 20 NIS 2013 Core 33 DX21 138 142 Char Diagnosis 21 NIS 2013 Core 34 DX22 143 147 Char Diagnosis 22 NIS 2013 Core 35 DX23 148 152 Char Diagnosis 23 NIS 2013 Core 36 DX24 153 157 Char Diagnosis 24 NIS 2013 Core 37 DX25 158 162 Char Diagnosis 25 NIS 2013 Core 38 DXCCS1 163 165 Num CCS: diagnosis 1 NIS 2013 Core 39 DXCCS2 166 168 Num CCS: diagnosis 2 NIS 2013 Core 40 DXCCS3 169 171 Num CCS: diagnosis 3 NIS 2013 Core 41 DXCCS4 172 174 Num CCS: diagnosis 4 NIS 2013 Core 42 DXCCS5 175 177 Num CCS: diagnosis 5 NIS 2013 Core 43 DXCCS6 178 180 Num CCS: diagnosis 6 NIS 2013 Core 44 DXCCS7 181 183 Num CCS: diagnosis 7 NIS 2013 Core 45 DXCCS8 184 186 Num CCS: diagnosis 8 NIS 2013 Core 46 DXCCS9 187 189 Num CCS: diagnosis 9 NIS 2013 Core 47 DXCCS10 190 192 Num CCS: diagnosis 10 NIS 2013 Core 48 DXCCS11 193 195 Num CCS: diagnosis 11 NIS 2013 Core 49 DXCCS12 196 198 Num CCS: diagnosis 12 NIS 2013 Core 50 DXCCS13 199 201 Num CCS: diagnosis 13 NIS 2013 Core 51 DXCCS14 202 204 Num CCS: diagnosis 14 NIS 2013 Core 52 DXCCS15 205 207 Num CCS: diagnosis 15 NIS 2013 Core 53 DXCCS16 208 210 Num CCS: diagnosis 16 NIS 2013 Core 54 DXCCS17 211 213 Num CCS: diagnosis 17 NIS 2013 Core 55 DXCCS18 214 216 Num CCS: diagnosis 18 NIS 2013 Core 56 DXCCS19 217 219 Num CCS: diagnosis 19 NIS 2013 Core 57 DXCCS20 220 222 Num CCS: diagnosis 20 NIS 2013 Core 58 DXCCS21 223 225 Num CCS: diagnosis 21 NIS 2013 Core 59 DXCCS22 226 228 Num CCS: diagnosis 22 NIS 2013 Core 60 DXCCS23 229 231 Num CCS: diagnosis 23 NIS 2013 Core 61 DXCCS24 232 234 Num CCS: diagnosis 24 NIS 2013 Core 62 DXCCS25 235 237 Num CCS: diagnosis 25 NIS 2013 Core 63 ECODE1 238 242 Char E code 1 NIS 2013 Core 64 ECODE2 243 247 Char E code 2 NIS 2013 Core 65 ECODE3 248 252 Char E code 3 NIS 2013 Core 66 ECODE4 253 257 Char E code 4 NIS 2013 Core 67 ELECTIVE 258 259 Num Elective versus non-elective admission NIS 2013 Core 68 E_CCS1 260 263 Num CCS: E Code 1 NIS 2013 Core 69 E_CCS2 264 267 Num CCS: E Code 2 NIS 2013 Core 70 E_CCS3 268 271 Num CCS: E Code 3 NIS 2013 Core 71 E_CCS4 272 275 Num CCS: E Code 4 NIS 2013 Core 72 FEMALE 276 277 Num Indicator of sex NIS 2013 Core 73 HCUP_ED 278 280 Num HCUP Emergency Department service indicator NIS 2013 Core 74 HOSPBRTH 281 282 Num Indicator of birth in this hospital NIS 2013 Core 75 HOSP_DIVISION 283 284 Num Census Division of hospital NIS 2013 Core 76 HOSP_NIS 285 289 Num NIS hospital number NIS 2013 Core 77 KEY_NIS 290 299 Num NIS record number NIS 2013 Core 78 LOS 300 304 Num Length of stay (cleaned) NIS 2013 Core 79 MDC 305 306 Num MDC in effect on discharge date NIS 2013 Core 80 MDC24 307 308 Num MDC, version 24 NIS 2013 Core 81 MDC_NoPOA 309 310 Num MDC in use on discharge date, calculated without POA NIS 2013 Core 82 NCHRONIC 311 312 Num Number of chronic conditions NIS 2013 Core 83 NDX 313 314 Num Number of diagnoses on this record NIS 2013 Core 84 NECODE 315 317 Num Number of E codes on this record NIS 2013 Core 85 NEOMAT 318 319 Num Neonatal and/or maternal DX and/or PR NIS 2013 Core 86 NIS_STRATUM 320 323 Num NIS hospital stratum NIS 2013 Core 87 NPR 324 325 Num Number of procedures on this record NIS 2013 Core 88 ORPROC 326 327 Num Major operating room procedure indicator NIS 2013 Core 89 PAY1 328 329 Num Primary expected payer (uniform) NIS 2013 Core 90 PL_NCHS 330 332 Num Patient Location: NCHS Urban-Rural Code NIS 2013 Core 91 PR1 333 336 Char Procedure 1 NIS 2013 Core 92 PR2 337 340 Char Procedure 2 NIS 2013 Core 93 PR3 341 344 Char Procedure 3 NIS 2013 Core 94 PR4 345 348 Char Procedure 4 NIS 2013 Core 95 PR5 349 352 Char Procedure 5 NIS 2013 Core 96 PR6 353 356 Char Procedure 6 NIS 2013 Core 97 PR7 357 360 Char Procedure 7 NIS 2013 Core 98 PR8 361 364 Char Procedure 8 NIS 2013 Core 99 PR9 365 368 Char Procedure 9 NIS 2013 Core 100 PR10 369 372 Char Procedure 10 NIS 2013 Core 101 PR11 373 376 Char Procedure 11 NIS 2013 Core 102 PR12 377 380 Char Procedure 12 NIS 2013 Core 103 PR13 381 384 Char Procedure 13 NIS 2013 Core 104 PR14 385 388 Char Procedure 14 NIS 2013 Core 105 PR15 389 392 Char Procedure 15 NIS 2013 Core 106 PRCCS1 393 395 Num CCS: procedure 1 NIS 2013 Core 107 PRCCS2 396 398 Num CCS: procedure 2 NIS 2013 Core 108 PRCCS3 399 401 Num CCS: procedure 3 NIS 2013 Core 109 PRCCS4 402 404 Num CCS: procedure 4 NIS 2013 Core 110 PRCCS5 405 407 Num CCS: procedure 5 NIS 2013 Core 111 PRCCS6 408 410 Num CCS: procedure 6 NIS 2013 Core 112 PRCCS7 411 413 Num CCS: procedure 7 NIS 2013 Core 113 PRCCS8 414 416 Num CCS: procedure 8 NIS 2013 Core 114 PRCCS9 417 419 Num CCS: procedure 9 NIS 2013 Core 115 PRCCS10 420 422 Num CCS: procedure 10 NIS 2013 Core 116 PRCCS11 423 425 Num CCS: procedure 11 NIS 2013 Core 117 PRCCS12 426 428 Num CCS: procedure 12 NIS 2013 Core 118 PRCCS13 429 431 Num CCS: procedure 13 NIS 2013 Core 119 PRCCS14 432 434 Num CCS: procedure 14 NIS 2013 Core 120 PRCCS15 435 437 Num CCS: procedure 15 NIS 2013 Core 121 PRDAY1 438 440 Num Number of days from admission to PR1 NIS 2013 Core 122 PRDAY2 441 443 Num Number of days from admission to PR2 NIS 2013 Core 123 PRDAY3 444 446 Num Number of days from admission to PR3 NIS 2013 Core 124 PRDAY4 447 449 Num Number of days from admission to PR4 NIS 2013 Core 125 PRDAY5 450 452 Num Number of days from admission to PR5 NIS 2013 Core 126 PRDAY6 453 455 Num Number of days from admission to PR6 NIS 2013 Core 127 PRDAY7 456 458 Num Number of days from admission to PR7 NIS 2013 Core 128 PRDAY8 459 461 Num Number of days from admission to PR8 NIS 2013 Core 129 PRDAY9 462 464 Num Number of days from admission to PR9 NIS 2013 Core 130 PRDAY10 465 467 Num Number of days from admission to PR10 NIS 2013 Core 131 PRDAY11 468 470 Num Number of days from admission to PR11 NIS 2013 Core 132 PRDAY12 471 473 Num Number of days from admission to PR12 NIS 2013 Core 133 PRDAY13 474 476 Num Number of days from admission to PR13 NIS 2013 Core 134 PRDAY14 477 479 Num Number of days from admission to PR14 NIS 2013 Core 135 PRDAY15 480 482 Num Number of days from admission to PR15 NIS 2013 Core 136 RACE 483 484 Num Race (uniform) NIS 2013 Core 137 TOTCHG 485 494 Num Total charges (cleaned) NIS 2013 Core 138 TRAN_IN 495 496 Num Transfer in indicator NIS 2013 Core 139 TRAN_OUT 497 498 Num Transfer out indicator NIS 2013 Core 140 YEAR 499 502 Num Calendar year NIS 2013 Core 141 ZIPINC_QRTL 503 504 Num Median household income national quartile for patient ZIP Code