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The Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System (CHARS)
has coded hospital inpatient discharge information (derived
from billing systems) available for
1987 to 2011Q2. Coded hospital-based observation data is
available from 2008 forward. CHARS is used to collect information such as the age, sex, zip code and billed charges
of patients, as well as the codes for their diagnoses and
procedures among other items. The purpose of the CHARS system is to provide public health personnel,
consumers, purchasers, payers, providers, and researchers with information
to use to make informed decisions on health care. The CHARS system provides those
concerned with the development of public policy with information necessary to
analyze many significant health care issues. Specifically, the
Department of Health uses the
CHARS data system to:
- Identify and analyze health trends related to hospitalizations;
- establish statewide diagnosis related groups (DRG) weights,
a way of comparing hospital stays across all hospitals;
- create hospital specific case mix indices, a way to
compare the types of stays at hospitals; and
- identify and quantify issues related to health care access, quality, and
cost containment.
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CHARS Standard Reports 2011Q2
-2006
Reports of aggregated discharge counts, patient days, payers, patient
origin as well as footnotes on the data.
CHARS
UB-04 Information
CHARS collects the data provided on the Medicare UB-04
billing form. This page has information on the how DOH
requires that data to be submitted, including information
about the 837I 4010 file format currently used by CHARS.
CHARS 837I 5010
Transition
The hospital industry is converting its billing information
to the 837I 5010 file format. Because CHARS data is
collected using industry-standard files, it will also
convert to that standard. This page has information on
the department's transition process to collect CHARS data in
the 5010 file format.
CHARS Dataset Order
Form
Use this form to order the public data set. The form may be
used to order one or several years' data for download. Access
to the confidential data set is strictly limited by state privacy
regulations.
Call Ric Ordos at (360) 236-4216
for more information.
File Layout Information
CHARS Public
File Layout Information
This file layout tables list the de-identified or public data
elements available in the CHARS Public Dataset and includes some
code dictionaries.
There are five tabs in the file, one for each table in the
inpatient dataset.
Clinical, which contains demographic and clinical information (including the first 9 diagnoses, first 6 procedures and 1st ECode (external
cause of injury)) for each discharge
Revenue, which contains the revenue codes collected by CHARS for
each discharge
Diagnosis, which contains all the diagnosis codes for each
discharge
Procedures, which contains all the procedure codes for each
discharge
ECode, which has all the ECodes for each discharge
Additional Information
CHARS Download Information
Directions on how to use the files included in the CHARS
download, including a listing of
the files and contact information for help.
Hospital Directory for
CHARS Hospitals
This file lists the License Number, Hospital Name, CHARS Unit
Type, Address, City, State, Zip Code, County for the community
hospitals in Washington.
CHARS
History
A chronological listing of the major changes in hospital status over
the years CHARS data has been collected. This includes name
changes, DOH license number changes, Medicare license number
changes and other pertinent information.
CHARS Procedure Manuals
UB-04 CHARS
Procedure Manual (pdf-882k)
CHARS UB-04
4010 Companion Guide Introduction (word)
CHARS UB-04
4010 Companion Guide File Detail (excel)
Descriptions for Codes from the Diagnosis Related
Group, Diagnosis and Procedure fields
These files list the information as reported
in Medicare Grouper Version xx
Medicare
V28 MS-DRG List
Medicare
V27 MS-DRG List
Medicare
V26 MS-DRG List
Medicare V25
MS-DRG List
Medicare V24
CMS-DRG List
Medicare V23
CMS-DRG List
ICD-9 Diagnosis Descriptions as reported in Medicare Grouper
Version xx.
Medicare
V28 Diagnosis
Code List
Medicare
V27 Diagnosis
Code List
Medicare V26 Diagnosis
Code List
Medicare V25 Diagnosis
Code List
Medicare V24 Diagnosis
Code List
Medicare V23 Diagnosis
Code List
ICD-9 Procedure Descriptions as reported in Medicare Grouper
Version xx
Medicare
V28
Procedure
Code List
Medicare
V27
Procedure
Code List
Medicare
V26
Procedure
Code List
Medicare V25
Procedure
Code List
Medicare V24
Procedure Code List
Medicare V23
Procedure
Code List
For more information please contact Ric Ordos
Phone (360) 236-4216
email Ric.Ordos@doh.wa.gov
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