Central Distributor SASD: Description of Data Elements

ORTIME - Operating room time

Documentation Sections:

General Notes

Uniform Values

State Specific Notes

General Notes

The time in the operating room (ORTIME) is retained as provided by the data source. Nonnumeric source data are set to invalid (.A). The reported time is exclusive of pre-operative and post-operative time.

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Uniform Values

Variable Description Value Value Description ORTIME Operating room time 4(n) Minutes . Missing .A Invalid .B Unavailable from source (coded in 1988-1997 data only)

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State Specific Notes

New York Prior to 2018, New York collected operating room time. New York defines operating room time as the total time actually in the operating room exclusive of pre-operative (preparation) and post-operative (recovery) time. If the operating room time was greater than 10 hours, New York reported the total time as 9 hours and 59 minutes (ORTIME = 599 minutes).

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