Data Set Name: NIS_2015Q4_SEVERITY             
Number of Observations: 1776269
Total Record Length: 23
Total Number of Data Elements: 5


Columns   Description
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 1-  3    Database name
 5-  8    Discharge year of data
10- 35    File name
37- 39    Data element number
41- 69    Data element name
71- 73    Starting column of data element in ASCII file
75- 77    Ending column of data element in ASCII file
79- 79    Non-zero number of digits after decimal point for numeric data element
81- 84    Data element type (Num=numeric; Char=character)
86-185    Data element label


NIS 2015 NIS_2015Q4_Severity          1 APRDRG                          1   4   Num  All Patient Refined DRG
NIS 2015 NIS_2015Q4_Severity          2 APRDRG_Risk_Mortality           5   6   Num  All Patient Refined DRG: Risk of Mortality Subclass
NIS 2015 NIS_2015Q4_Severity          3 APRDRG_Severity                 7   8   Num  All Patient Refined DRG: Severity of Illness Subclass
NIS 2015 NIS_2015Q4_Severity          4 HOSP_NIS                        9  13   Num  NIS hospital number
NIS 2015 NIS_2015Q4_Severity          5 KEY_NIS                        14  23   Num  NIS record number