Central Distributor SASD: Description of Data Elements

UNITn - Units of service

Documentation Sections:

General Notes

Uniform Values

State Specific Notes

General Notes

The unit of service (UNITn) is retained as provided by the data source. Negative values are set to invalid (.A). If supplied by the data source, fractional values of units of service (UNIT) are rounded, with any non-zero value less than 1 (0.01-0.99) rounded to 1.

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Uniform Values

Variable Description Value Value Description UNITn Units of service nnnn Units of Service . Missing .C Inconsistent .A Invalid

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State Specific Notes

Kentucky Beginning in 2006, please see REVCHGn for detailed charge information. CHGn is no longer included in KY SID. Detailed charges (CHGn) are associated with identified revenue centers (REVCDn) and units of service (UNITn). For example, CHG1 applies to the revenue center in REVCD1 and the units of service specified in UNIT1. Kentucky reports detailed charges (CHGn) associated with standard UB-92 revenue codes stored in REVCDn. Kentucky does not collapse or redefine ranges of revenue codes. In addition, prior to data year 2005, information on total charges (revenue center 001) was removed from the detailed charge arrays. (CHGn, REVCDn, and UNITn). Information on total charges is available in the HCUP variables TOTCHG and TOTCHG_X. Maryland Beginning in 2006, REVCHGn field includes information about detailed charges associated with the identified revenue centers (REVCDn) and the units of service (UNITn). CHGn is no longer included in the MD SASD files. Beginning in July 2001, detailed charges (CHGn) are associated with the identified revenue centers (REVCDn) and the units of service (UNITn). For example, CHG1 applies to the revenue center in REVCD1 and the units of service specified in UNIT1. From January 2001 to June 30, 2001, Maryland supplied eight specific charges without revenue codes or units. To be compatible with the revenue code specific charges and units provided starting in July 2001, units (UNITn) were set to missing (.) in the first half of the year. New Jersey Beginning in 2008, New Jersey provided units of service assocaited with specific revenue centers. Units of services assocaited with unit categories were discontinued in 2008. The unit categories from New Jersey are: UNIT1 Medical-Surgical Days UNIT2 Obstetric Days UNIT3 Pediatric Days UNIT4 Psychiatric Days UNIT5 Burn Care Unit Days UNIT6 Intensive Care Unit Days UNIT7 Coronary Care Unit Days UNIT8 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Days UNIT9 Newborn Nursery Days UNIT10 Emergency Room Visits UNIT11 Clinic Visits UNIT12 Home Health Visits UNIT13 Anesthesiology Minutes Used UNIT14 Cardiac Catheterization Procedures UNIT15 Delivery and/or Gyn Procedures UNIT16 Dialysis Treatments UNIT17 Times Drugs or Pharmacy Used UNIT18 Electrocardiograms UNIT19 Laboratory Tests UNIT20 Number of Medical Surgical Supplies UNIT21 Number of EEGs and EMGs UNIT22 Nuclear Medicine Procedures UNIT23 Occupational Therapy Visits UNIT24 Operating Room Procedures UNIT25 Organ Transplants UNIT26 Physical Therapy Visits UNIT27 Psychiatric Hours (Spent with Patient) UNIT28 Times Radiology Used UNIT29 Respiratory Therapy Treatments UNIT30 Speech Pathology Visits UNIT31 Therapeutic Radiology Procedures UNIT32 Same Day Surgery Visits UNIT33 Excluded Revenue Codes UNIT34 Non-Acute Ancillary Revenue Codes UNIT35 Medicare, Part B, Non-Acute Codes

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