NCPT indicates the total number of CPT or HCPCS procedures (valid and invalid) coded on the discharge record. In assigning NCPT, the first listed CPT procedure is included in the count, even if it is blank, so long as there is an additional CPT procedure present (see table below).

This data element was provided by Utah for ambulatory surgery (AS) records and not supplied for the emergency department (ED) records.  However, when AS records with evidence of ED services were placed in the SEDD during HCUP processing, this data element was also added to the SEDD.  Therefore, very few records in the SEDD will contain values for this data element.