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MORE SPECIAL FEATURES

RUN OPTIONS
• 'POINT AND CLICK' (GUI)
• RUN FROM SAVED FILE
• EDIT SAVED FILE AND RUN

OUTPUT OPTIONS
• PRINT
  • Send the main report to the printer
  • Send reports generated from Drill Down to the printer
• VIEW RECORDS
  • Drill down to a desirable number of records
  • Select data fields with their data values to show on your computer screen
  • View the records in a readable format on the screen
  • Send the report of records to the printer
• SAVE TO FILE
  • Open a file dialog box allowing the user to specify the file name and folder
  • Save any Drill Down reports
  • Save the records in a readable format generated from the VIEW RECORDS section above
• WRITE RECORDS
  • Select records from your database
  • Select the data fields from a list to output to a file

PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS AND PRINCIPAL PROCEDURE
• Diagnosis1 is a special option that allows you to look at only the Principal Diagnosis data fields (first diagnosis) coded in the Medicare Inpatient or Outpatient medical records
  • Use the Principal Diagnosis to compute length of stay or monies associated with diagnosis.
• Procedure1 is a special option that allows you to look at only the Principal Procedure data fields (first procedure) coded in Medicare Inpatient Medical records

INCIDENCE OF DIAGNOSES AND PROCEDURES
• DiagnosisInc is a powerful option that searches all diagnosis data fields coded in the Medicare Inpatient or Outpatient medical records
  • This may be used to select or study patients who have certain types of diseases that may or may not be coded as a Principal Diagnosis (e.g., diabetic patients).
  • You may want to know the frequencies of specified diseases whether they are Principal or Secondary Diagnoses
• SurgProcedureInc is a powerful option that searches all surgical data fields coded in the Medicare Inpatient Medical records

ROLLUPS
• ROLLUP for DIAGNOSES
  • If you select a three-digit code from the list that has four and/or five-digit code breakouts, all valid codes beginning with that three-digit code will be selected (e.g., if you select the code '250', all records with any valid code '25000' through '25093' will be included)
  • If you select a four-digit code from the list that has five-digit code breakouts, all valid codes beginning with that four-digit code will be selected (e.g., if you select the code '2500', all records with any valid code '25000' through '25003' will be included)
• ROLLUP for PROCEDURES
  • If you select a three-digit code from the list that has four-digit code breakouts, all valid codes beginning with that three-digit code will be selected (e.g., if you select the code '452', all records with any valid code '4521' through '4529' will be included)

DIAGNOSIS OUTPUT
• When you CLASSIFY on the Diagnosis data fields and use the ALL or TOP OPTION, you choose from the screen the number of digits in the diagnoses to be ranked
  • When All (3,4 and 5) is selected, the program sorts and ranks by all valid diagnoses coded in the records selected and creates a line in the report for each valid diagnosis, whether it has three, four or five digits
  • When 3 Digit Diagnosis is selected, the program will roll-up all Diagnoses into three-digit codes (e.g., the valid diagnosis codes in the range 25000-25093 will be rolled-up into code 250)
  • When 4 Digit Diagnosis is selected, the program will roll-up all Diagnoses into four-digit codes

PROCEDURES OUTPUT
• When you CLASSIFY on the Procedure data fields and use ALL or TOP, you choose the number of digits in the procedures to be ranked
  • When All (3 and 4) is selected for procedures, the program sorts and ranks by all valid procedures coded in the records selected and creates a line in the report for each valid procedure, whether it has three or four digits
  • When 3 Digit Procedures is selected, the program sorts and ranks by all procedures rolled- up to the three-digit codes (e.g., the procedure codes 4521-4529 will be rolled-up into the code 452)