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63. MEDPAR Intensive PACK 2
Care Day Count
The count of the number of intensive care days used by the
beneficiary for the stay.
DB2 ALIAS : UNDEFINED
SAS ALIAS : ICARECNT
STANDARD ALIAS : MEDPAR_INTNSV_CARE_DAY_CNT
LENGTH : 3 SIGNED : Y
DERIVATIONS :
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.
SOURCE : NCH
LIMITATIONS :
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'.