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Central Distributor SEDD: Description of Data Elements

MARITALSTATUS - Marital status of patient

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Marital status at the time of admission or outpatient service (MaritalStatus) is retained as provided by the data source. Undocumented source data are set to invalid (A). No edit checks are performed on this data element during HCUP processing.

Beginning with data year 2008, MaritalStatus was replaced with MaritalStatusUB04.

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Uniform Values

Variable	Description	Value	Value Description
MARITALSTATUS	Marital status of patient	M	Married
		S	Single
		D	Divorced
		X	Legally Separated
		P	Life Partner
		W	Widowed
		Blank	Unknown, Missing
		A	Invalid

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State Specific Notes

New Jersey

MARITALSTATUS was discontinued in 2008 and replaced by MARITALSTATUS04.

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Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SEDD Description of Data Elements - All States. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). July 2026. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/sedddistnote.jsp?var=maritalstatus.

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