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Central Distributor SASD: Description of Data Elements

 
CHARGE - Line item charge as received from source
 
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General Notes
Uniform Values
State Specific Notes
General Notes
 

Line item charge (CHARGE) is the submitted charge that pertains to a specified revenue center. Line item charge (CHARGE) is retained as provided by the data source. No edit checks are performed on this data element during HCUP processing. Beginning with 2004 data, the charge for total (revenue code 0001) was retained. Prior to 2004, the charge for the total was often removed.

CHARGE is contained in a line item charge detail file. There may be multiple observations in the file with the same revenue code for a discharge record. To identify the total charge and units of service to specific revenue centers, the line item charge (CHARGE) and unit detail (UNITS) for a discharge should be summarized by revenue code (REVCODE) and the HCUP variable KEY which uniquely identifies a discharge. KEY can also be used to merge the detail charge information onto the discharge record in the Core file.

 
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Uniform Values
 
VariableDescriptionValueValue Description
CHARGELine item charge as received from source+/- 7(n).nnCharge
.Missing
.AInvalid
 
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State Specific Notes

Kentucky

In early 2010, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services transitioned to a new data collection entity. During that transition, it was identified that the previous data vendor did not always obtain CPT and Revenue code information. As a result, there are more missing values in 2009 for line item CPTs, Revenue codes, units, charges, and service dates than in previous years.


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Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SASD Description of Data Elements - All States. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). April 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/sasddistnote.jsp?var=charge.
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