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Table 5. Severity index measures

Data Element Variable Name Description

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_ALCOHOL Alcohol abuse

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_ANEMDEF Deficiency anemias

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_ARTH Rheumatoid arthritis/collagen vascular diseases

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_

BLDLOSS

Chronic blood loss anemia

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_CHF Congestive heart failure

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_CHRNLUNG Chronic pulmonary disease

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_COAG Coagulopathy

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_DEPRESS Depression

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_DM Diabetes, uncomplicated

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_DMCX Diabetes with chronic complications

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_DRUG Drug abuse

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_HTN_C Hypertension, uncomplicated and complicated

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_HYPOTHY Hypothyroidism

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_LIVER Liver Disease

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_LYMPH Lymphoma

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_LYTES Fluid and electrolyte disorders

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_METS Metastatic cancer

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_NEURO Other neurological disorders

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_OBESE Obesity

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_PARA Paralysis

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_PERIVASC Peripheral vascular disorders

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_PSYCH Psychoses

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_

PULMCIRC

Pulmonary circulation disorders

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_RENLFAIL Renal failure

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_TUMOR Solid tumor without metastasis

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_ULCER Peptic ulcer disease excluding bleeding

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_VALVE Valvular disease

AHRQ Comorbidity CM_WGHTLOSS Weight loss

All Patient Refined DRG (3M) APRDRG_Risk_Mortality Risk of mortality subclass

All Patient Refined DRG (3M) APRDRG_Severity Severity of illness subclass

All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG (Hss, Inc.) APSDRG_Mortality_Weight Mortality weight

All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG (Hss, Inc.) APSDRG_LOS_Weight Length of stay weight

All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRG (Hss, Inc.) APSDRG_Charge_Weight Charge weight

Disease Staging (Medstat) DS_DX_Category1 Stage of principal disease category

Disease Staging (Medstat) DS_LOS_Level Length of stay level

Disease Staging (Medstat) DS_LOS_Scale Length of stay scale

Disease Staging (Medstat) DS_Mrt_Level Mortality level