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PHD 2.0 Analytic Data Dictionaries Contents All Payer’S Claims Data (APCD) – Dental PHD 2.0 Analytic Data Dictionaries Contents All Payer’s Claims Data (APCD) – Dental ....................................................................................................... 3 All Payer’s Claims Data (APCD) MassHealth Member Eligibility ................................................................. 29 All Payer’s Claims Data (APCD) – Medical ................................................................................................... 35 All Payer’s Claims Data (APCD) – Pharmacy ................................................................................................ 79 All Payer’s Claims Data (APCD) -Product ................................................................................................... 112 All Payers Claims Database (APCD) – Provider ......................................................................................... 120 Birth Records Infant/Child: Registry of Vital Records and Statistics ......................................................... 145 Birth Records MOM: Registry of Vital Records and Statistics ................................................................... 155 Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) ....................................................................................... 171 Casemix Emergency Department Diagnostic (PHDCM.ED_DIAG) Result ................................................. 188 Casemix Emergency Department (PHDCM.ED) Visit ................................................................................ 189 Casemix ED_ORG (PHDCM.ED_ORG) ........................................................................................................ 194 Casemix Emergency Department Procedure (PHDCM.ED_PROC) ........................................................... 195 Casemix Inpatient Hospital Discharge Diagnosis (PHDCM.HD_DIAG) ..................................................... 200 Casemix Inpatient Hospital Discharge (PHDCM.HD_HD) .......................................................................... 201 Casemix Inpatient Hospital Discharge Procedure Table (PHDCM.HD_ORG) ............................................ 206 Casemix - Inpatient Hospital Discharge Procedure (PHDCM.HD_PROC) ................................................. 207 Casemix - Hospital Outpatient Observation (PHDCM.OO) Visit ............................................................... 208 Census ....................................................................................................................................................... 215 1. POP_TOWNTOTAL: Total population by city/town 2011 to 2019 ............................................ 215 2. POP_TOWN_11AGE: Total Population by 11 age groups by city/town 2011-2019 ................. 215 3. POP_TOWN_19AGE: Total Population by 19 age groups by city/town 2011-2019 ................. 215 4. female_towncity_18age_race: 2019 Total Female Population by 18 age groups and race/ethnicity by city/town .............................................................................................................. 215 5. POP_STATETOTAL: Statewide Total Population by gender and race/ethnicity 2011-2019 ..... 215 6. POP_STATE_11AGE: .................................................................................................................. 215 6. POP_STATE_19AGE: .................................................................................................................. 215 7. POP_ACS_ZCTA: ........................................................................................................................ 215 8. POP_ACS_COUNTY: Dataset downloaded from The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/thegeocodingproject/ ................................................................... 215 9. POP_ACS_TOWN: Data by city and town from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5- Year 215 Death Records - Registry of Vital Records and Statistics Mortality .......................................................... 229 Family Homelessness - Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) ......................... 236 Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) - Worker’s Compensation ...................................................... 240 Department of Corrections (DOC) ............................................................................................................ 247 Department of Mental Health (DMH) ....................................................................................................... 252 SNAP Benefit Program - Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) ................................................... 287 1 Special Analytic Projects, Office of Population Health updated: July 19, 2021 Veteran’s Benefits - Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS) ................................................................. 293 Early Intervention Clients (EI_CLIENTS) .................................................................................................... 296 Early Intervention (EI) Discharge .............................................................................................................. 300 Early Intervention Evaluation (EI_Evaluation) .......................................................................................... 307 Early Intervention Diagnosis Reference .................................................................................................... 312 Fetal Deaths - Registry of Vital Records and Statistics .............................................................................. 313 House of Correction (HOC) ....................................................................................................................... 325 OEND_Enrollments ................................................................................................................................... 327 OEND_Refills ............................................................................................................................................. 329 OEND Rescues ........................................................................................................................................... 331 OEND_RescuesbyLocation ........................................................................................................................ 334 OEND_RescuesbyTown ............................................................................................................................. 336 Massachusetts Ambulance Trip Record Information System (MATRIS) ................................................... 338 Hepatitis A – MAVEN ................................................................................................................................ 358 Hepatitis C - MAVEN ................................................................................................................................. 360 HIV_Incidence ........................................................................................................................................... 362 HIV Prevalence .......................................................................................................................................... 364 Massachusetts Cancer Registry (MCR) ..................................................................................................... 368 Prescription Monitoring Program – PMP .................................................................................................. 373 Prescription Monitoring Program Role Spec (PMP_RS) ............................................................................ 382 Postmortem Toxicology (TOX) Results ...................................................................................................... 383 Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program - Infant/Child ................................................................... 385 Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program - Mom ............................................................................. 395 WIC Supplemental Tables ......................................................................................................................... 401 Appendix 1: APCD Files Linkage Table ...................................................................................................... 404 2 Special Analytic Projects, Office of Population Health updated: July 19, 2021 All Payer’s Claims Data (APCD) - Dental Analytic Data Dictionary (PHDAPCD.DENTAL_14_18) All Payer’s Claims Data (APCD) – Dental ***For details on how to link PHDAPCD.DENTAL with other PHD APCD datasets, please see Appendix 1 in the PHD_Key Facts for working with the data documentation. *** Variable Variable Name Meta Data Format Description ID PHD ID 9 character alphanumeric ID Char Member age at Age in years, ages greater than 89 set to DENT_AGE Num service 999 DENT_CDT HCPCS/CDT Code 5-character CDT code Char 0=services rendered in conjunction with other services on the claim. Negative amounts mean there could have Amount of provider been involved cost sharing where the DENT_CHARGED charges for the claim Num patient paid an amount which rendered line the dollar amount owed by the carrier negative, or the carrier’s internal audit discovered that payment exceeded the contractually allowable benefit or that the carrier had made a duplicate payment. 0= This value is as is submitted by the insurance carrier (with unknown translation) 1=Processed as primary 2=Processed as secondary 3=Processed as tertiary 4=Denied
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