Central Distributor SASD: Description of Data Elements

UNITS - Line item units as received from source

Documentation Sections:

General Notes

Uniform Values

State Specific Notes

General Notes

Line item units (UNITS) are 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. Values outside the range -9,999 through 9,999 are set to inconsistent (.C).

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Uniform Values

Variable Description Value Value Description UNITS Line item units as received from source nnnn Units of Service . Missing .C Inconsistent .A Invalid

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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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