Intensive Care Day Count

SAS Name
INTNSV_CARE_DAY_CNT

The count of the number of intensive care unit (ICU) 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 codes 020X (all 9 subcategories) from all claims included in the stay.

There is approximately a 20% error rate in the revenue center code category 0206 due to coders misunderstanding the term 'post ICU' as including any day after an ICU stay rather than just days in a step-down/lower case version of an ICU. 'Post' was removed from the revenue center code 0206 description, effective 10/1/96 (12/96 MEDPAR update). 0206 Is now defined as intermediate ICU'.

Source: MedPAR (derived)

There is approximately a 20% error rate in the revenue center code category 0206 due to coders misunderstanding the term 'post ICU' as including any day after an ICU stay rather than just days in a step-down/lower case version of an ICU. 'Post' was removed from the revenue center code 0206 description, effective 10/1/96 (12/96 MEDPAR update). 0206 Is now defined as 'intermediate ICU'.