Transmission Alphabetical Data Dictionary

These data elements are either used to identify the hospital and measure set associated to the transmitted data or are calculated by the vendor using the hospital’s patient-level data and measure results. These data elements are not used in the Initial Patient Population Algorithms or Measure Algorithms.

Data Element Name	Collected For
CMS Certification Number	Transmission
Health Care Organization Identifier	Transmission, Aggregate Data File, Patient Population Data File
ICD Population Size	Transmission, Aggregate Data File
Initial Patient Population Size – Medicare Only	Transmission, Patient Population Data File
Initial Patient Population Size – Non-Medicare Only	Transmission, Patient Population Data File
Measure Category Assignment	Joint Commission Only, Calculation, Transmission, Hospital Clinical Data File
Measure Set	Transmission, Patient Population Data File, Hospital Clinical Data File
National Provider Identifier	Transmission
Number of Cases with UTD Allowable Values	Transmission, Aggregate Data File
Number of Rejected Cases	Transmission, Aggregate Data File
Performance Measure Identifier	Transmission, Aggregate Data File
Performance Measurement System Identifier	Transmission, Aggregate Data File
Predicted Value	Transmission, Risk Adjustment, Hospital Clinical Data File
Provider ID	CMS Only, Transmission, CMS Transmission
Sample	Transmission, Aggregate Data File, Hospital Clinical Data File
Sample Size – Medicare Only	Transmission, Patient Population Data File
Sample Size – Non-Medicare Only	Transmission, Patient Population Data File
Sampling Frequency	Transmission, Patient Population Data File
Vendor Tracking Identifier	Transmission, Hospital Clinical Data File

Transmission Alphabetical Data Dictionary

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