Specifications Manual

Discharges 04/01/2009 to 09/30/2009

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Specifications Manual for discharges 04/01/2009 - 09/30/2009

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Acknowledgement
Introduction
Table Of Contents (revised 01/09/09)
Using the Manual (revised 11/19/08)

Section 1 - Data Dictionary

Introduction to the Data Dictionary

Alphabetical Data Dictionary (revised 01/09/09)

Section 2 - Measurement Information
Section 2.1 - Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) (revised 01/09/09)
Section 2.2 - Heart Failure (HF)
Section 2.3 - Pneumonia (PN)
Section 2.4 - Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP)
Section 2.5 - Pregnancy and Related Conditions (PR)
Section 2.6 - Children's Asthma Care (CAC)
Section 3 - Missing and Invalid Data
Section 4 - Population and Sampling Specifications
Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 - Reserved for Future Use
Section 9 - National Hospital Quality Measure Data Transmission (revised 01/09/09)

Transmission Alphabetical Data Dictionary

Transmission Data Processing Flow

Hospital Clinical Data XML File Layout, XLS (revised 01/09/09)

Hospital Initial Patient Population Data XML File Layout, XLS
Section 10 - CMS Risk-Adjusted 30-Day Mortality Measures
Appendices

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