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title: "hpcsevents"
linktitle: "hcpcsevents"
weight: 1
date: 2020-08-10
description: >
Billed events occurring during the hospitalization. Includes CPT codes.


hcpcsevents

  • d_hcpcs on hcpcs_cd

Table columns

Name Postgres data type
subject_id INTEGER NOT NULL
hadm_id INTEGER NOT NULL
chartdate DATE
hcpcs_cd CHAR(5) NOT NULL
seq_num INTEGER NOT NULL
short_description VARCHAR(180)

subject_id

{{% include "/static/include/subject_id.md" %}}

hadm_id

{{% include "/static/include/hadm_id.md" %}}

chartdate

The date associated with the coded event.

hcpcs_cd

A five character code which uniquely represents the event.
Link this to code in d_hcpcs for a longer description of the code.

seq_num

An assigned order to HCPCS codes for an individual hospitalization. This order sometimes conveys meaning, e.g. sometimes higher priority, but this is not guaranteed across all codes.

short_description

A short textual descriptions of the hcpcs_cd listed for the given row.