Central Distributor SID: Description of Data Elements

AHOUR - Admission hour

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General Notes

Uniform Values

State Specific Notes

General Notes

Admission hour (AHOUR) is coded in military time (e.g., 2:00 p.m. is represented as 1400). For some, but not all States, the time stamp includes the hour and minutes. Invalid times are set to invalid (.A). No other edit checks are performed on this data element during HCUP processing.

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Uniform Values

Variable Description Value Value Description AHOUR Admission hour HHMM Admission hour . Missing .A Invalid

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State Specific Notes

Florida Beginning in 2010, Florida provided Inpatient Admission Time. This field was used to code AHOUR. From 2006-2009, Florida provided HCUP with Emergency Department Hour of Arrival. This data element was used to code AHOUR. Beginning in 2010, Emergency Department Hour of Arrival is now kept in the data element EDHOUR. Kansas Kansas provided the hour of admission, but not the minutes. During HCUP data processing, the minutes were imputed to be "00". Nebraska Prior to 2004, Nebraska provided the hour of admission, but not the minutes. During HCUP data processing, the minutes were imputed to be "00". New York New York source values are 00-23 and 99. During HCUP processing, minutes are set to 00 and the source value 99 is set to missing. Vermont Vermont source values are 00-23. During HCUP processing, minutes are set to 00 and any other values are set to missing.

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