HCUP_ED - HCUP indicator of emergency department record |
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General Notes |
Uniform Values |
State Specific Notes |
General Notes |
HCUP_ED indicates records that have evidence of emergency department (ED) services reported on the HCUP record. A value of 1 or more indicates that there is evidence of ED services, per HCUP criteria. A value of 0 marks records that do not include evidence of ED services. The criteria used to identify ED services has changed over time. Evidence of ED services includes:
It is possible that records with HCUP_ED=0 did in fact have ED services, but that relevant coding information was not captured on the HCUP record. The availability of the data element HCUP_ED varies by HCUP database:
Specific to the HCUP SEDD only: HCUP Partner organizations may have different criteria for identifying ED services. Records that are identified by the HCUP Partner as ED visits that are not admitted to the same hospital are included in the SEDD files, regardless of whether the record meets the HCUP ED criteria specified above. In these records, the HCUP_ED variable will be set to 0 in the SEDD. Please refer to the HCUP_ED State Specific Notes for more details. |
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State Specific Notes |
New Mexico Starting in data year 2019, the HCUP Partner organization in New Mexico identifies emergency department (ED) admissions by revenue center codes for ED services (0450, 0451, 0452, 0453, 0454, 0455, 0456, 0457, 0458, 0459) and ED professional fees (0981). Because the Partner limits their data collection to a maximum of 22 revenue center codes, some ED admissions may not be flagged. User should consider using admission type with HCUP_ED > 0 to identify ED admissions. |
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Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SID Description of Data Elements - All States. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). August 2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/siddistnote.jsp?var=hcup_ed. |
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