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Table 3 Modified nursing home rules, based on preliminary expert review

From: Validation of a method for identifying nursing home admissions using administrative claims

RULE

Description

NH status PROBABLE, POSSIBLE, or UNLIKELY,

000001

outpatient PROC only

POSSIBLE

000010

inpatient PROC only

UNLIKELY

000011

inpatient and outpatient PROC only

POSSIBLE

000100

outpatient POS and SPECIAL SERVICE or REST HOME PROC

PROBABLE*

 

outpatient POS only

UNLIKELY*

000101

outpatient POS and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

000110

outpatient POS and inpatient PROC

PROBABLE

000111

outpatient POS and inpatient PROC and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

001000

inpatient POS and REST HOME PROC

POSSIBLE

 

inpatient POS and SPECIAL SERVICE PROC

PROBABLE

 

inpatient POS only

UNLIKELY

001001

inpatient POS and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

001010

inpatient POS and inpatient PROC

PROBABLE

001011

inpatient POS and inpatient PROC and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

001100

inpatient POS and outpatient POS

PROBABLE

001101

inpatient POS and outpatient POS and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

001111

inpatient POS and outpatient POS and inpatient PROC and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

010000

outpatient PROVIDER only

UNLIKELY

010001

outpatient PROVIDER and outpatient PROC

POSSIBLE

010010

outpatient PROVIDER and inpatient PROC

PROBABLE

010100

outpatient PROVIDER and outpatient POS

PROBABLE

010101

outpatient PROVIDER and outpatient POS and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

010110

outpatient PROVIDER and outpatient POS and inpatient PROC

PROBABLE

011010

outpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS and inpatient PROC

PROBABLE

011111

outpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS and outpatient POS and inpatient PROC and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

100000

inpatient PROVIDER only

PROBABLE

100001

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

100010

inpatient PROVIDER and inpatient PROC

PROBABLE

100011

inpatient PROVIDER and inpatient PROC and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

100100

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient POS

PROBABLE

100101

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient POS and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

101000

inpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS

PROBABLE

101001

inpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

101010

inpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS and inpatient PROC

PROBABLE

101011

inpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS and inpatient PROC and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

110000

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient PROVIDER

PROBABLE

110100

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient PROVIDER and outpatient POS

PROBABLE

110101

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient PROVIDER and outpatient POS and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

111000

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS

PROBABLE

111010

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS and inpatient PROC

PROBABLE

111100

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS and outpatient POS

PROBABLE

111101

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS and outpatient POS and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

111111

inpatient PROVIDER and outpatient PROVIDER and inpatient POS and outpatient POS and inpatient PROC and outpatient PROC

PROBABLE

  1. POS = place of service; PROC = procedure code
  2. *If claim had one of the following procedure codes; 99199, 99321, 99322, 99323, 99331, 99332, 99333, it was classified on "PROBABLE" otherwise it was classified on "UNLIKELY".
  3. If claim had one of the following procedure codes; 99321, 99322, 99323, 99331, 99332, 99333, it was classified on "POSSIBLE". If claim had 99199, then it was classified on "PROBABLE" otherwise "UNLIKELY".