Central Distributor SID: Description of Data Elements

HospitalUnit - Indicator that patient was discharged from a special unit within an acute care hospital (reported by source)

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General Notes

Uniform Values

State Specific Notes

General Notes

HospitalUnit (HospitalUnit) is retained as reported by data source with two exceptions. Any source-specific value for "unknown" is recoded to missing (.), and invalid characters such as negative values are set to invalid (.A).

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Uniform Values

Variable Description Value Value Description HospitalUnit Indicator that patient was discharged from a special unit within an acute care hospital (reported by source) n(n) State specific coding - See the "State Specific Notes" section for details

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State Specific Notes

Alaska Value Description Value Description 1 Acute Care Unit 1 Acute Care Unit 2 Psychiatric Unit 2 Psychiatric Unit 3 Rehabilitation Unit 3 Rehabilitation Unit 4 SNF/ICF/LTC Unit, Sub-Acute, Swing Bed 4 SNF/ICF/LTC Unit, Sub-Acute, Swing Bed 5 Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit 5 Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit 6 Drug Rehabilitation Unit 6 Drug Rehabilitation Unit 7 Other Inpatient 7 Other Inpatient 9 Unknown . Missing Blank Missing All other values Invalid .A Invalid California For HCUP data from 1999 to 2005, this data element is called LEVELCARE. Beginning in 2006, this data element is called HOSPITALUNIT.: Prior to 1998, the information on the level of care was contained in the first digit of the California hospital identifier (DSHOSPID). The values of HOSPITALUNIT are defined as follows: Value Description 0= Type of unit unknown 1= General acute care 2= Not a valid code 3= Skilled nursing and intermediate care (long term care) 4= Psychiatric care 5= Alcohol/chemical dependency recovery treatment 6= Acute physical medicine rehabilitation care. California hospitals were required to assign type of care codes to individual records for certain discharges. These discharges included: general acute care (value = 1), skilled nursing and intermediate care (value = 3), and rehabilitation care (value = 6). For discharges from facilities licensed as psychiatric care (value = 4) or alcohol/chemical dependency recovery treatment (value = 5), California assigns the type of care code to all discharges from the facility. Florida Value Major Service Value Description 1 Inpatient/Long Term Care/Short and Long Term Psychiatric 1 Inpatient/Long Term Care/Short and Long Term Psychiatric 2 Comprehensive Rehabilitation 2 Comprehensive Rehabilitation .   . Missing (other)   .A Invalid Indiana In Indiana, HospitalUnit is coded as: Value Description 0 Not discharged from a special unit 1 Discharged from a psychiatric unit 2 Discharged from a rehabilitation unit . Missing .A Invalid Iowa Source Value Source Description 1= Acute medical/surgical unit (non-PPS exempt) 2= Medical rehabilitation unit 3= Alternate Level of care (SNF/Swing Bed Skilled) 4= Behavior Health Unit (Protect Health Information) - Beginning 7/1/16 no longer restricted Kansas Value Description 1 Acute medical/surgical unit (non-PPS exempt) 2 Psychiatric unit or facility (needs to have Medicare ID number) 3 Medical rehabilitation unit or facility (needs to have Medicare ID number) 4 Alternate level of care (SNF/ICF/Other LTC/Hospice/Subacute/Swing-Bed) 5 Alcohol rehabilitation unit or facility (needs to have Medicare ID number) 6 Drug rehabilitation unit or facility (needs to have Medicare ID number) 7 ER (Valid until 07/10) 7 Other Inpatient 9 Unknown Blank Missing Maryland In Maryland, HospitalUnit is coded as follows: Value Description 1 Medicine 2 Surgery 3 Obstetrics 4 Newborn 5 Pediatric 6 Psychiatric 7 Other 8 Rehabilitation 10 Chronic (Effective prior to 07/01/2013 and after 01/01/2016) 09, 99, . Missing .A Invalid Mississippi In Mississippi, HospitalUnit is coded as follows: Value Major Service Value Major Service 1 Acute Inpatient, Medical Rehabiliation Inpatients, Behavior Health Patients 1 Acute Inpatient, Medical Rehabiliation Inpatients, Behavior Health Patients 3 Skilled Nursing Care or Swing Bed Patients 3 Skilled Nursing Care or Swing Bed Patients .   . Missing (other)   .A Invalid Missouri In Missouri, HospitalUnit is coded as follows: Value Description Value Description 1 Acute Care Unit 1 Acute Care Unit 2 Psychiatric Unit 2 Psychiatric Unit 3 Rehabilitation Unit 3 Rehabilitation Unit 4 SNF/ICF/Other LTC Unit, Hospice, Sub-Acute, Swing Bed 4 SNF/ICF/LTC Unit, Sub-Acute, Swing Bed 5 Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit 5 Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit 6 Drug Rehabilitation Unit 6 Drug Rehabilitation Unit 7 Other Inpatient 7 Other Inpatient 9 Unknown . Missing Blank Missing All other values Invalid .A Invalid Nebraska Value Description 1 Acute 2 Medical Rehabilitation Unit 3 Skilled Nursing Care/ Skilled Swing Bed 4 Behavioral Health (Psychiatric Care & Chemical Dependency Care) Oregon Oregon provides HCUP with an Inpatient Service Code which has been loaded into the HCUP variable HospitalUnit. The source values were retained and are defined as follows: Acute medical - Bill Type 0111 Medical rehabilitation Inpatients - Bill Type 0151 Skilled Nursing Facility or Swing Bed Patients - Bill Types 0181 or 0211 Behavior Health Patients - Bill Type 0171 South Dakota South Dakota provides HCUP with a Place of Service code which has been loaded into the HCUP variable HospitalUnit. The source values were retained and are defined as follows. : Value Major Service Value Description 1 Acute 1 Acute 2 Medical Rehabilitation Unit 2 Medical Rehabilitation Unit 3 Skilled Nursing Care/Skilled Swing Bed 3 Skilled Nursing Care/Skilled Swing Bed 4 Behavioral Health 4 Behavioral Health . . Missing (other) .A Invalid Washington Prior to 2006, the information on the level of care was contained in the fourth character of the Washington hospital identifier (DSHOSPID). Beginning with 2006 data, this information was recoded into the variable HOSPITALUNIT as follows: Source Value HCUP Value Value Description Value Description P Psychiatric Unit 1 Psychiatric Unit R Rehabilitation Unit 2 Rehabilitation Unit S Swing Bed Unit 3 Swing Bed Unit E Extended Care Unit (discontinued after 2001) 4 Extended Care Unit Missing No unit specified . Missing   Any undocumented values .A Invalid

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