Coronary Care Day Count

SAS Name
CRNRY_CARE_DAY_CNT

The count of the number of coronary care unit (CCU) days used by the beneficiary for the stay.

Comments

This field is derived by accumulating the revenue center unit count associated with accommodation revenue center code 021X from all claim records included in the stay.

There is approximately a 20% error rate in the revenue center code category 0214 due to coders misunderstanding the term 'post CCU' as including any day after a CCU stay rather than just days in a step-down/lower case version of a CCU. 'Post' was removed from the revenue center code 0214 description, effective 10/1/96 (12/96 MEDPAR update). 0214 Is now defined as 'intermediate CCU'.

Source: MedPAR (derived)

There is approximately a 20% error rate in the revenue center code category 0214 due to coders misunderstanding the term 'post ccu' as including any day after a ccustay rather than just days in a step-down/lower case version of a ccu. 'Post' was removed from the
revenue center code 0214 description, effective 10/1/96 (12/96 MEDPAR update). 0214 Is now defined as 'intermediate ccu'.