Data Set Name: NIS_2018_SEVERITY               
Number of Observations: 7105498
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 2018 NIS_2018_Severity            1 HOSP_NIS                        1   5   Num  NIS hospital number
NIS 2018 NIS_2018_Severity            2 KEY_NIS                         6  15   Num  NIS record number
NIS 2018 NIS_2018_Severity            3 APRDRG                         16  19   Num  All Patient Refined DRG
NIS 2018 NIS_2018_Severity            4 APRDRG_Risk_Mortality          20  21   Num  All Patient Refined DRG: Risk of Mortality Subclass
NIS 2018 NIS_2018_Severity            5 APRDRG_Severity                22  23   Num  All Patient Refined DRG: Severity of Illness Subclass