opened on: 14 Mar 2018, 19:31:29 _dta: 1. by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 24 Sep 2016 2. Source URL: http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/tools/downloads.aspx 3. Source Workbook: MedPar_SxCodes_Age0to99_2004_2014.xlsx 4. Source Worksheet: Table 5. The MedPAR File contains inpatient hospital and skilled nursing facility (SNF) 6. final action stay records. Each MedPAR record represents a stay in an inpatient 7. hospital or SNF. Each MedPAR record may represent one claim or multiple claims, 8. depending on the length of a beneficiary's stay and the amount of services used 9. throughout the stay. 10. MedPar Data Dictionary https://www.resdac.org/cms-data/files/medpar-rif/data-documentation prcdr_cd: 1. Definition of MedPar Sx Code: The ICD-9-CM code identifying the principal or other surgical procedure 2. performed during the beneficiary's stay. 3. This element is part of the MEDPAR surgical procedure group. It may occur up to 25 times. obs: 43,692 vars: 7 24 Sep 2016 03:14 size: 3,058,440 (_dta has notes) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- storage display value variable name type format label variable label ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prcdr_cd str4 %9s * ICD-9 Surgical Procedure Codes year int %9.0g Year label str48 %48s Surgical Procedure Codes Labels pri_nrecs long %10.0g # of records with this primary ICD Surgical Procedure code during the year pri_nppl_any long %10.0g # of people with this primary ICD Surgical Procedure code during the year sec_nrecs long %10.0g # of records with this secondary ICD Surgical Procedure code during the year sec_nppl_any long %10.0g # of people with this secondary ICD Surgical Procedure code during the year * indicated variables have notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorted by: prcdr_cd year