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Table 1 HCUP data elements

From: Predicting disease risks from highly imbalanced data using random forest

 

Element Name

Element Description

1

AGE

Age in years at admission

2

AGEDAY

Age in days (when age > 1 year)

3

AMONTH

Admission month

4

ASOURCE

Admission source (uniform)

5

ASOURCEUB92

Admission source (UB-92 standard coding)

6

ASOURCE_X

Admission source (as received from source)

7

ATYPE

Admission type

8

AWEEKEND

Admission day is a weekend

9

DIED

Died during hospitalization

10

DISCWT

Weight to discharges in AHA universe

11

DISPUB92

Disposition of patient (UB-92 standard coding)

12

DISPUNIFORM

Disposition of patient (uniform)

13

DQTR

Discharge quarter

14

DRG

DRG in effect on discharge date

15

DRG18

DRG, version 18

16

DRGVER

DRG grouper version used on discharge date

17

DSHOSPID

Data source hospital identifier

18

DX1

Principal diagnosis

19

DX2

Diagnosis 2

20

DX3

Diagnosis 3

21

DX4

Diagnosis 4

22

DX5

Diagnosis 5

23

DX6

Diagnosis 6

24

DX7

Diagnosis 7

25

DX8

Diagnosis 8

26

DX9

Diagnosis 9

27

DX10

Diagnosis 10

28

DX11

Diagnosis 11

29

DX12

Diagnosis 12

30

DX13

Diagnosis 13

31

DX14

Diagnosis 14

32

DX15

Diagnosis 15

*33

DXCCS1

CCS: principal diagnosis

*34

DXCCS2

CCS: diagnosis 2

*35

DXCCS3

CCS: diagnosis 3

*36

DXCCS4

CCS: diagnosis 4

*37

DXCCS5

CCS: diagnosis 5

*38

DXCCS6

CCS: diagnosis 6

*39

DXCCS7

CCS: diagnosis 7

*40

DXCCS8

CCS: diagnosis 8

*41

DXCCS9

CCS: diagnosis 9

*42

DXCCS10

CCS: diagnosis 10

*43

DXCCS11

CCS: diagnosis 11

*44

DXCCS12

CCS: diagnosis 12

*45

DXCCS13

CCS: diagnosis 13

*46

DXCCS14

CCS: diagnosis 14

*47

DXCCS15

CCS: diagnosis 15

48

ECODE1

E code 1

49

ECODE2

E code 2

50

ECODE3

E code 3

51

ECODE4

E code 4

52

ELECTIVE

Elective versus non-elective admission

53

E_CCS1

CCS: E Code 1

54

E_CCS2

CCS: E Code 2

55

E_CCS3

CCS: E Code 3

56

E_CCS4

CCS: E Code 4

57

FEMALE

Indicator of sex

58

HOSPID

HCUP hospital identification number

59

HOSPST

Hospital state postal code

60

KEY

HCUP record identifier

61

LOS

Length of stay (cleaned)

62

LOS_X

Length of stay (as received from source)

63

MDC

MDC in effect on discharge date

64

MDC18

MDC, version 18

65

MDNUM1_R

Physician 1 number (re-identified)

66

MDNUM2_R

Physician 2 number (re-identified)

67

NDX

Number of diagnoses on this record

68

NECODE

Number of E codes on this record

69

NEOMAT

Neonatal and/or maternal DX and/or PR

70

NIS_STRATUM

Stratum used to sample hospital

71

NPR

Number of procedures on this record

72

PAY1

Primary expected payer (uniform)

73

PAY1_X

Primary expected payer (as received from source)

74

PAY2

Secondary expected payer (uniform)

75

PAY2_X

Secondary expected payer (as received from source)

76

PL_UR_CAT4

Patient Location: Urban-Rural 4 Categories

77

PR1

Principal procedure

78

PR2

Procedure 2

79

PR3

Procedure 3

80

PR4

Procedure 4

81

PR5

Procedure 5

82

PR6

Procedure 6

83

PR7

Procedure 7

84

PR8

Procedure 8

85

PR9

Procedure 9

86

PR10

Procedure 10

87

PR11

Procedure 11

88

PR12

Procedure 12

89

PR13

Procedure 13

90

PR14

Procedure 14

91

PR15

Procedure 15

92

PRCCS1

CCS: principal procedure

93

PRCCS2

CCS: procedure 2

94

PRCCS3

CCS: procedure 3

95

PRCCS4

CCS: procedure 4

96

PRCCS5

CCS: procedure 5

97

PRCCS6

CCS: procedure 6

98

PRCCS7

CCS: procedure 7

99

PRCCS8

CCS: procedure 8

100

PRCCS9

CCS: procedure 9

101

PRCCS10

CCS: procedure 10

102

PRCCS11

CCS: procedure 11

103

PRCCS12

CCS: procedure 12

104

PRCCS13

CCS: procedure 13

105

PRCCS14

CCS: procedure 14

106

PRCCS15

CCS: procedure 15

107

PRDAY1

Number of days from admission to PR1

108

PRDAY2

Number of days from admission to PR2

109

PRDAY3

Number of days from admission to PR3

110

PRDAY4

Number of days from admission to PR4

111

PRDAY5

Number of days from admission to PR5

112

PRDAY6

Number of days from admission to PR6

113

PRDAY7

Number of days from admission to PR7

114

PRDAY8

Number of days from admission to PR8

115

PRDAY9

Number of days from admission to PR9

116

PRDAY10

Number of days from admission to PR10

117

PRDAY11

Number of days from admission to PR11

118

PRDAY12

Number of days from admission to PR12

119

PRDAY13

Number of days from admission to PR13

120

PRDAY14

Number of days from admission to PR14

121

PRDAY15

Number of days from admission to PR15

122

RACE

Race (uniform)

123

TOTCHG

Total charges (cleaned)

124

TOTCHG_X

Total charges (as received from source)

125

YEAR

Calendar year

126

ZIPInc_Qrtl

Median household income quartile for patient's ZIP Code

  1. Complete list of 126 HCUP data elements. The elements marked with "*" (rows 33-47) are the ones used in the classification as input variables.
  2. *HCUP data elements used in the classification