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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/ds_rd_scale/kidnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - This severity measure includes the disease category and stage for the principal diagnosis and predictive … NIS Documentation CD-ROM and on the HCUP User Support Website (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov):
Overview of Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS_Introduction_2005.jsp
January 01, 2005 - Data Elements in the NIS Disease Severity Measures Files
Table 6. … from four different sets of disease severity measures. … See Table 5 for a list of data elements in the Severity Measures files. … in the 2005 NIS Disease Severity Measures Files. … Severity-adjusted DRG: Mortality Weight
APSDRG_LOS_Weight
2002-2005
All-Payer Severity-adjusted
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/ds_mrt_level/nisnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - This severity measure includes the disease category and stage for the principal diagnosis and predictive … NIS Documentation CD-ROM and on the HCUP User Support Website (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov):
Overview of Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/ds_rd_level/nisnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - This severity measure includes the disease category and stage for the principal diagnosis and predictive … NIS Documentation CD-ROM and on the HCUP User Support Website (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov):
Overview of Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/ds_los_level/nisnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - This severity measure includes the disease category and stage for the principal diagnosis and predictive … NIS Documentation CD-ROM and on the HCUP User Support Website (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov):
Overview of Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/ds_mrt_level/kidnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - This severity measure includes the disease category and stage for the principal diagnosis and predictive … NIS Documentation CD-ROM and on the HCUP User Support Website (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov):
Overview of Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/ds_los_level/kidnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - This severity measure includes the disease category and stage for the principal diagnosis and predictive … NIS Documentation CD-ROM and on the HCUP User Support Website (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov):
Overview of Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/ds_rd_level/kidnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - This severity measure includes the disease category and stage for the principal diagnosis and predictive … NIS Documentation CD-ROM and on the HCUP User Support Website (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov):
Overview of Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2015.jsp
January 01, 2015 - Disease Severity Measures File
Table D.2.b Data Elements in the Q4 2015 NRD Disease Severity Measures … The Disease Severity Measures File has been split into two files. … Severity file: Contains additional data elements to aid in identifying the severity of the condition … The Disease Severity Measures File has been split into two files. … Data Elements in the 2015 NRD Severity Measures Files
For the 2015 NRD, there are two Disease Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - o The Disease Severity Measures File has been split into two files. … • Severity file: Contains additional data elements to aid in identifying the severity
of the condition … • The Disease Severity Measures File has been split into two files. … Data Elements in the 2015 NRD Severity Measures Files
For the 2015 NRD, there are two Disease Severity … Disease Severity Measures File
Table D.2.b Data Elements in the Q4 2015 NRD Disease Severity Measures
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS_Introduction_2015.jsp
January 01, 2015 - Will not use data elements from the proprietary severity adjustment software packages (3M APR-DRGs, HSS … The Disease Severity Measures File has been split into two files. … Information from the severity file is to be used in conjunction with the Inpatient Core file. … Linkage between the Inpatient Core file and the Disease Severity Measures file
Prior to the … The Disease Severity Measures File has been split into two files.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/APS-DRGs%20V21%20Weights%20Manual.pdf
January 06, 2025 - APS_DRG_Def_Public_V21.doc
APS-DRGs® NORMALIZED WEIGHTS – VERSION 21.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS
All Payer Severity-adjusted … OVERVIEW
Charge, length of stay (LOS), and mortality weights for Version 21.0 All-Payer Severity … The Consolidated DRG
or CDRG is derived from the patient's CMS DRG and the severity class is obtained … IV.1
SUMMARY
Weights for the APS-DRGs® provide a powerful tool to assess severity across … V.4
All Payer Severity-adjusted DRGs (APS-DRGs®)
Product Release Notes
HIPAA Release - February
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb217-Burn-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-2013.jsp
December 01, 2016 - Second-degree was the most common burn severity reported for both burn-related inpatient stays (52.9 … Total burn-related stays/visits with indicator of burn severity b
48,140
100.0
385,570 … b Certain types of burns cannot be classified by severity (e.g., burns of the eye, internal organs). … Burn severity is presented for those stays and visits for which a burn-related severity code was possible … If more than one burn severity is indicated on the record, the worst level (highest degree) of burn is
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/3MSummaryResultsReportFinal.jsp
October 03, 2010 - The administrative data allows the determination of a patient’s reason for admission, the severity of … the condition that caused the admission, and the types and severity of comorbid conditions, which can … Each subclass set consists of four subclasses and addresses patient differences relating to severity … Since severity of illness and risk of mortality are distinct patient attributes, separate subclasses … are assigned to a patient for severity of illness and risk of mortality.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/nisarchive.jsp
February 01, 2025 - 32 KB)
1988-1997 (PDF file, 1,034 KB)
Description of Data Elements in the NIS
NIS Severity … Version 2
1999 NIS, Version 1 (PDF file, 80 KB)
1998 NIS, Version 1 (PDF file, 74 KB)
NIS Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb217-Burn-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - ■ Second-degree was the most
common burn severity reported
for both burn-related inpatient
stays … b Certain types of burns cannot be classified by severity (e.g., burns of the eye, internal organs). … Burn severity is presented for those
stays and visits for which a burn-related severity code was possible … If more than one burn severity is indicated on the record, the
worst level (highest degree) of burn … ■ Second-degree was the most common burn severity level among both inpatient stays and ED
visits
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/kidoverview.jsp
July 01, 2025 - Severity File is a single discharge-level file containing additional data elements to aid in identifying … the severity of the condition for a specific discharge. … size, teaching status, Census division)
Expected payment source
Total charges
Length of stay
Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/state/siddist/SID_Introduction.jsp
June 01, 2022 - included with the SID in prior data years: the Diagnosis and Procedure Groups file and the Disease Severity … Information from these severity files is to be used in conjunction with the Inpatient Core files. … The HCUP unique record identifier (KEY) provides the linkage between the Core files and the Disease Severity … Information from these severity files is to be used in conjunction with the Inpatient Core files. … Formats Program creates—SAS formats to label the values data elements in the Severity File
HCUP
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/LimitationsonUsingtheNRD.pdf
December 25, 2022 - The NRD unique record identifier (data element KEY_NRD) can be used to add data
elements from the Severity
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb66.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Differences in patient characteristics, as well
as utilization characteristics such as severity of illness … mainstream FFS plan.
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alternative plans tended to have
a lower severity … Moreover, hospitalized Medicare enrollees in alternative plans tended to have lower severity of illness … Although the differing age and disease severity distributions shown in table 1 and figure 2 suggests … Patients in Medicare alternative plans tended
to have a lower severity of illness , 2006*
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