| BLOOD - Pints of blood furnished to the patient |
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| General Notes |
| Uniform Values |
| State Specific Notes |
| General Notes |
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Pints of blood furnished to the patient (BLOOD) are retained as provided by the data source. Nonnumeric source data are set to invalid (.A). No edit checks are performed on this data element during HCUP processing. |
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| State Specific Notes |
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New York New York reports the total number of pints of whole blood or units of packed red cells furnished to the patient, whether or not replaced. |
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| Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SID Description of Data Elements - All States. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). August 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/siddistnote.jsp?var=blood. |
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