HRG4 2015/16 Consultation Grouper User Manual
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1. File Name Field Name Description name csv A list of other output files used for validation only name _acc csv The main grouped output file lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo The generated row number of the record ACC_HRG The unbundled HRG for the Adult Critical Care period Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 27 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 File Name Field Name Calc_CC_Days Description The number of Critical Care days calculated as CC Discharge Date CC Start Date 1 This will be set to 1 if there are problems with the dates CC_Warning_Flag Flag to indicate the result of validation of dates and respiratory support days fields Failure does not prevent HRG derivation Blank indicates passing validation F indicates date validation failure applied if any of the following are true Calc_CC_Days 1 This indicates that CC Discharge Date is before CC Start Date or CC Start Date or CC Discharge Date is blank is not a valid date or does not match the required format CCL2 Days CCL3 Days gt Calc_CC_Days ARSD BRSD gt Calc_CC_Days ARSD BRSD gt CCL2 Days CCL3 Days na me _quality csv Contains a row for each input record that contains errors lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields2. Grouper Field Name CDS DD Field Name Notes ORGANISATION A value must be supplied but is not PROCODET CODE CODE OF validated For NHS organisations use PROVIDER the first 3 characters for non NHS organisations use all 5 characters A value must be supplied but is not HOSPITAL PROVIDER validated PROVSPNO SPELL NUMBER It is possible to use an alternative spell or alternative identifier as PROVSPNO in place of the Hospital Provider Spell Number A value must be supplied but is not EPIORDER EPISODE NUMBER validated Duplicates within a spell will create an error Whole years rounded down START STARTAGE Derived DATE EPISODE PERSON BIRTH DATE SEX PERSON GENDER Must be same for all episodes in a CODE CURRENT spell PATIENT CLASSPAT CLASSIFICATION Must be the same for all episodes CODE within a spell SOURCE OF ADMISSION CODE Must be the same for all episodes de HOSPITAL within a spell PROVIDER SPELL Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 12 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Grouper Field Name CDS DD Field Name Notes ADMIMETH ADMISSION METHOD CODE HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL Must be the same for all episodes within a spell DISDEST DISCHARGE DESTINATION CODE HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL DISMETH DISCHARGE METHOD CODE HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL EPIDUR Derived Range 0
3. RowNo Matches the run generated row number Error Message A variable number of fields consisting of Code Type Code and Error Message separated by pipe symbols na me _quality_rel csv All error messages in relational form RowNo Matches the run generated row number Iteration The ordinal number of the quality message Code Type The type of code that has failed validation Code The code that failed validation Blank if code missing from input data Error Message Description of the error na me _summary csv A single row file containing details about the grouping session Grouper Version The version of the Grouper that produced the output files Database Version The Grouper s internal HRG database version ACC Period Count The number of records submitted ACC Period Error Count The number of records having errors Run Start Date Time The date and time that the grouping session started Run End Date Time The date and time that the grouping session finished Input Filename The path and filename of the input file Output Filename The path and filename selected by the user RDF path and name The path and filename of the Record Definition File used for grouping Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 28 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manua
4. Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 30 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Errors and Validation As part of the grouping process the Grouper carries out validation checks on many of the mandatory input fields Where one or more fields fail validation the Grouper derives the HRG UZ01Z Data Invalid for Grouping For single episode spells where the episode fails validation the error HRG is derived at both episode and spell level For multi episode spells that contain a mixture of episodes that pass validation and episodes that fail validation the error HRG is derived for each episode that fails validation and at spell level Details of all errors are reported in the output quality file The listings in the Output Files section of this document include a description of the quality file for each of the data types processed by the Grouper The Input File Preparation section provides further information about valid values for various input fileds Details of clinical coding validation can be found in the chapter summary documentation for chapter UZ Undefined Groups which is available for download from the Casemix website Error Message Format Error messages in the quality file are displayed in three sections separated by a pipe character Code Type Code Error Message Code Type identifies the field or field type Code is the unrecognised value Where an error is d
5. DISDEST DisDest DISMETH DisMethod EPIDUR EpiDur MAINSPEF MSC NEOCARE NeoCare TRETSPEF TFC DIAG_01 PriDiag DIAG_02 Diag_02 DIAG_03 Diag_03 DIAG_04 Diag_04 DIAG_O5 Diag_05 DIAG_06 Diag_06 On oO uw fs WN mle lel ele el el e 2A un e win eo 1516 C 10 m wo N o Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 7 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 The editor allows you to modify field positions and field attributes in an RDF The RDF columns are Name Description Field Name A field name abbreviation for internal use it cannot be modified Field Title Sis description which can be edited to display a locally defined field Field No The field column number in the input file Specifies whether specific character positions in the field are used or ignored during processing It must be specified as a string of A and where A means keep the character in that position and means ignore the character in that position For example AAA A means ignore the 4th character and process characters in positions 1 2 3 and 5 as if it is a 4 character code so that W58 1 gets processed as W581 Note that it is no longer necessary to use Picture to remove full stops from procedure and diagnosis codes because these now get removed automatically Allows you to specify that specific characters in
6. HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual Published November 2014 Health amp Social C hscic u sole bas a 1 5 1 6 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 We are the trusted national provider of high quality information data and IT systems for health and social care www hscic gov uk enquiries hscic gov uk hscic Author The National Casemix Office Health and Social Care Information Centre Version 1 0 Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Contents Quick Start Download and Install the Grouper Walkthrough Using Sample Data Grouping Your Data Record Definition File RDF Using the Record Definition File Wizard to Create a Custom RDF Record Definition File Editor Command Line Initiation Secondary Uses Service Grouping Additional Features Single Spell Grouping The Internal File Viewer Input File Preparation Admitted Patient Care APC Non Admitted Consultations NAC Emergency Medicine EM Renal Dialysis NRD Adult Critical Care ACC Paediatric Critical Care PCC Neonatal Critical Care NCC Output Files Admitted Patient Care APC Non Admitted Consultations NAC Emergency Medicine EM Renal Dialysis NRD Adult Critical Care ACC Paediatric Critical Care PCC Neonatal Critical Care NCC Errors and Validation Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Inform
7. CDS DD Field Name Notes ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY Valid national code component always INVESTIGATION 2 characters or blank FIRST The Local Sub Analysis part should INV_01 INV_99 and not be submitted ACCIDENT AND Leading zeroes must be included EMERGENCY where they form part of the national INVESTIGATION code component SECOND ATAT Valid national code component 2 or 3 EMERGENCY characters or blank TREATMENT FIRST j a and The Local Sub Analysis part should TREAT_01 TREAT_99 ACCIDENT AND not be submitted Leading zeroes must be included EE where they form part of the national LONS ode ee a SECOND pone Each row of the input file represents one Accident and Emergency Attendance Renal Dialysis NRD Renal Dialysis HRGs are generated using fields from the National Renal Dataset The field list below shows the fields required by the Grouper The field order of the input file is defined by the Record Definition File used for the grouping session there is no significance to the order in which the fields are listed below VIRUS STATUS RENAL CARE Grouper Field Name DD Field Name Notes RENAL TREATMENT ee RENALMOD MODALITY CODE Leading zeros are significant RENAL TREATMENT RENALSITE PRIMARY Leading zeros are significant SUPERVISION CODE RENAL DIALYSIS So ec RENALACCESS AGCESS TYPE Leading zeros are significant HEPATITIS B Must be UPPER CASE HBV
8. Contains one row for each record that contains errors lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo Matches the run generated row number Error Message A variable number of fields consisting of Code Type Code and Error Message separated by pipe symbols na me _quality_rel csv All error messages in relational form RowNo Matches the run generated row number Iteration The ordinal number of the quality message Code Type The type of code that has failed validation Gods The code that failed validation Blank if code missing from input data Error Message Description of the error na me _summary csv A single row file containing details about the grouping session Grouper Version The version of the Grouper that produced the output files Database Version The Grouper s internal HRG database version NCC Record Count The number of records submitted NCC Record Error Count The number of records having errors Run Start Date Time The date and time that the grouping session started Run End Date Time The date and time that the grouping session finished Input Filename The path and filename of the input file Output Filename The path and filename selected by the user RDF path and name The path and filename of the Record Definition File used for grouping
9. 99999 Whole days END DATE EPISODE START DATE EPISODE MAINSPEF CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE NEOCARE NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE May be blank TRETSPEF ACTIVITY TREATMENT FUNCTION CODE DIAG_01 PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS ICD Valid ICD 10 code If this field is blank an error will be generated DIAG_02 DIAG_99 SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS ICD As above but blank allowed OPER_01 OPER_99 PRIMARY PROCEDURE OPCS and PROCEDURE OPCS Valid OPCS 4 codes or blank CRITICALCAREDAYS Derived Range 0 99999 or blank Count of distinct days within the episode when the patient was in Critical Care If the patient was in Critical Care on the last day of an episode that was not the last episode of the spell assign that day to the next episode REHABILITATIONDAYS LENGTH OF STAY ADJUSTMENT REHABILITATION Range 0 99999 or blank SPCDAYS LENGTH OF STAY ADJUSTMENT SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE Range 0 99999 or blank Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 13 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Non Admitted Consultations NAC Non admitted Consultations are outpatient attendances or attendances by patients for nursing care on a ward ward attenders Since 1 April 2005 the Outpatient Attendance CDS has contained both of these types of data The field list below shows t
10. ANTIGEN STATUS Accepted values are NEG POS and RENAL CARE UNK HEPATITIS C Must be UPPER CASE HCV ANTIBODY STATUS Accepted values are NEG POS and RENAL CARE UNK HUMAN Must be UPPER CASE HIV Doe ENGY Accepted values are NEG POS and UNK Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 15 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Grouper Field Name DD Field Name Notes The age of the patient in whole years at AGE Derived the start date of the session Range 0 130 Each row of the input file represents either one haemodialysis session or one day of peritoneal dialysis Adult Critical Care ACC The field list below shows the fields required by the Grouper The field order of the input file is defined by the Record Definition File used for the grouping session there is no significance to the order in which the fields are listed below Grouper Field Name CDS DD FieldName Notes CRITICAL CARE UNIT CCUF FUNCTION Leading zeros are significant BASIC BCSD CARDIOVASCULAR Range 0 99999 SUPPORT DAYS ADVANCED ACSD CARDIOVASCULAR Range 0 99999 SUPPORT DAYS BASIC BRSD RESPIRATORY Range 0 99999 SUPPORT DAYS ADVANCED ARSD RESPIRATORY Range 0 99999 SUPPORT DAYS RENAL SUPPORT RSD DAYS Range 0 99999 NEUROLOGICAL NSD SUPPORT DAYS Range 0 99999 DERMATOLOGICAL DSD SUPPORT DAY
11. HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 o SUS truncates ICD codes to 4 characters if they are longer than 4 characters and the original code is not in the list of 5 character codes deemed valid by the grouper In non admitted care SUS can produce two HRGs This can occur when the derived HRG is not tariffed An attendance HRG is calculated by a means equivalent to grouping after removal of all procedures except those starting with X62 In emergency medicine SUS produces a dummy HRG DOA from which a tariff is derived if the A AND E Patient Group contains the value 70 meaning Brought in dead For local grouping you are expected to group the appropriate sub sets of ACC NCC and PCC separately and treat their results as un bundled HRGs as a part of the parent episode spell SUS groups the combination of APC ACC NCC and PCC simultaneously Additional Features Single Spell Grouping Single spell grouping enables the grouping of manually input data This can be useful when exploring how certain combinations of clinical codes lead to different HRGs being derived It can be accessed from the toolbar button or by selecting Open Single Spell Processing from the Tools menu Dee el Single Spell 02 x Database Add Record z a Record Definition File C Program Files HSCIC HRG4 2015 16 C sample_rdf HRG4_sample_APC rdf Process v Input Record 01 Delete v Output Record 01 Copy Content Field Value Descriptio
12. SSCs produced for the attendance always zero because the SSC fields are not populated AttendSSC1 AttendSSC5 Not populated AttendBP_Ct The count of distinct BPT flags produced for the attendance always zero because the BPT fields are not populated AttendBP1 AttendBP5 Not populated AttendFlag_Ct The count of distinct other flags produced for the attendance always zero because the flag fields are not populated AttendFlag1 AttendFlag5 Not populated A variable number of fields containing unbundled HRGs UnbundledHRGs appended to the end of each record There is no significance to the order in which unbundled HRGs are output name _quality csv Contains a row for each attendance that contains errors lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 24 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 File Name Field Name Description RowNo Matches the run generated row number Error Message A variable number of fields consisting of Code Type Code and Error Message separated by pipe symbols na me _attend_rel csv Output in relational form lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo Matches the run generated row number NAC_HRG The attendance HRG Grou
13. any position in the field are Extract ignored during processing For example without quote marks will remove all full stops from the field Picture The Insert Field toolbar button or Edit menu option inserts a new field in the RDF This feature is provided so that non mandatory fields can be shown using the Display File feature For the purposes of grouping it is not necessary for the RDF to specify the position of all fields in the input file Only mandatory fields need to be specified The Remove Field toolbar button or Edit menu option removes a non mandatory field from the RDF Mandatory fields cannot be deleted Command Line Initiation Command line refers to the character based command shell user interface within Microsoft Windows commonly known as the DOS Window The Grouper can process a file using the command line with parameters shown below Mandatory parameters are enclosed within lt angle brackets gt optional parameters are enclosed within square brackets All parameters consist of a hyphen followed by a lower case letter The command line takes the following form hrg grouperc exe i lt Input File gt o lt Output File gt d lt Record Definition File gt 1 lt Grouping Logic gt h t Command line parameters i The path and filename of the input file o The path and filename of the output file d _ The path and filename of the record definition file 1 The grouping logic T
14. coding conventions ICD Z509 UZ01 Invalid Primary Diagnosis in DIAG 01 2509 Care involving use of rehabilitation procedure unspecified UZ02 Poorly Coded Primary Diagnosis Diagnosis code is valid as a primary diagnosis but is too vague to determine the resource use ICD T140 UZ02 Poorly Coded Primary Diagnosis in DIAG 01 T140 Superficial injury of unspecified body region UZ03 Diagnosis Conflicts with Age A paediatric primary diagnosis has been recorded for an adult patient age 19 years and over ICD P704 UZ03 Diagnosis Conflicts with Age in DIAG 01 P704 Other neonatal hypoglycaemia UZ04 Diagnosis Conflicts with Anatomical Site Indicates an invalid combination of primary diagnosis and anatomical site This only applies to specific musculoskeletal codes entered at 5th digit level ICD M7217 UZ04 Diagnosis Conflicts with Anatomical Site in DIAG 01 M7217 Knuckle pads Ankle and foot UZ05 Invalid procedure for Casemix grouping purposes Indicates invalid dominant procedure e g an anatomical site and includes the entire Y methods of operations and Z anatomical sites codes and also a number of codes in the main body system chapters OPCS Y841 UZ05 Invalid procedure for Casemix grouping purposes in OPER 02 OPCS wW450 UZ05 Invalid procedure for Casemix grouping purposes in OPER 02 Y841 Gas and air analgesia in labour W540 Conversion from previous prostheti
15. for the episode The calculated episode duration This is the input Episode duration minus the number of days in the input fields CalcEpidur CRITICALCAREDAYS REHABILITATIONDAYS and SPCDAYS If the sum of these deductions is larger than the episode duration then CalcEpidur will be zero ReportingEPIDUR Not populated in this grouper FCETrimpoint Not populated in this grouper FCEExcessBeddays Not populated in this grouper SpellReportFlag Populated with 1 if the episode contais the grouping variable used for deriving the spell HRG Dominant Episode or 0 for other episodes in the spell SpellHRG The spell HRG SpellGroupingMethod Flag The grouping method used for the spell P Procedure driven D Diagnosis driven M Multiple trauma G Global exception U Error SpellDominant The dominant procedure for the spell Procedure SpellPDiag The primary diagnosis used when spell grouping SpellSDiag The first secondary diagnosis used when spell grouping SpellEpisodeCount The number of episodes in the spell SpellLOS The spell duration used for grouping This is the total of the CalcEpidur fields for the episodes in the spell ReportingSpellLOS Not populated in this grouper SpellTrimpoint Not populated in this grouper Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 20 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper Use
16. Edit Tools Window Help a el ie e ie alle New RDF 01 x Full path and name of rdf after save Database Admitted Patient Care Af Create manually Create from file Input File C emp data R Aamitte e_ Sample est_Vata csv J Clear Mandatory Fields Assigned Fields Drag items from the mandatory field list to PROCODET the field below to assign them Unassign fields by selecting them and pressing delete PROVSPNO EPIORDER Number of diagnosis codes 14 STARTAGE SEX Number of procedure codes 12 CLASSPAT ADMISORC ADMIMETH DISDEST DISMETH n 2 Field 2 Field 3 Field 4 Field 5 Field 6 Field 7 Field 8 Field g SpellID EpiOrder Age Sex PatClass AdmiSource AdmiMethod DisDest 1004595488 1 68 1 51 81 19 1 1004595489 1 90 2 1 51 81 19 1004595490 1 85 2 1 51 1004595491 1 80 2 1 81 19 51 81 19 1516 C 10 Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 6 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 The first few rows of the selected input file are shown in the preview area in the lower part of the form At this stage each field is assigned a temporary field name e g Field 1 Field 2 Depending on the data type the number of repeating occurrences of certain fields can be increased or decreased For example if the input file contains 20 diagnosis codes the value in Number of dia
17. Input and Output sections The content of any row in the input or output sections will be displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the window when selected The Internal File Viewer The Grouper provides a file viewer which can be used to view input or output files To access the file viewer select Display File from the Tools menu in the RDF Edior File Edit Tools Window Help le le ale Display File 01 Xx Record Definition File C Program Files HSCIC HRG4 2015 16 C sample_rdf HRG4_sample_APC rdf lina 5 Input File _C Temp data HRG4_Admitted_Patient_Care_Sample_Test_Data csv iv E PROCODET PROVSPNO EPIORDER STARTAGE SEX CLASSPAT ADMISORC ADMIMETH DISDES OrgCode SpellID EpiOrder Age PatClass AdmiSource AdmiMethod DisDest ZZZ 1004595488 1004595489 1004595490 1004595491 1004595492 1004595493 1004595494 1004595495 1004595496 1004595497 1004595498 1004595499 1004595500 1004595501 1004595502 1004595503 1004595504 1004595505 1004595506 1004595507 v om x FPN NINN RBININ BIN BO NN BR BR RB NN NE 1516 C 10 Selecting a Record Definition File and an Input File will display the input file data organised into the columns specified in the RDF Input File Preparation This section provides guidance about preparing input files for processing with the Grouper Note Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre A
18. S Range 0 99999 LIVER SUPPORT LSD DAYS Range 0 99999 CRITICAL CARE CCL2D LEVEL 2 DAYS Range 0 99999 CRITICAL CARE f CCL3D LEVEL 3 DAYS Range 0 99999 CC Start Date CRITICAL CARE Format is YYYYMMDD e g 14 March START DATE 2009 20090314 Ge Discharge Date CRITICAL CARE Format is YYYYMMDD e g 14 March z ge_ DISCHARGE DATE 2009 20090314 Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 16 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Critical Care Start Date and Critical Care Discharge Date fields are used to calculate critical care days in the Grouper output file They are not used in HRG derivation Each row of the input file represents one Adult Critical Care Period Paediatric Critical Care PCC The Grouper sorts Paediatric Critical Care data prior to grouping so that records with the same provider code and local identifier are placed in activity date order The field list below shows the fields required by the Grouper The field order of the input file is defined by the Record Definition File used for the grouping session there is no significance to the order in which the fields are listed below Grouper Field Name CDS DD Field Name Notes ORGANISATION A value must be supplied but is not validated For NHS organisations use PROPHET CODE CODE OF the first 3 characters for non NHS PROVIDER oe organisations use all 5 c
19. The output files may be opened with a variety of applications including Windows Notepad Relational Outputs Relational output files can be identified by the presence of _re1 as part of the filename They are characterised by the following features e They include row number references in order to allow files to be linked e Where items are repeated e g unbundled HRGs Specialised Service Codes error messages this is represented by the addition of rows rather than columns the data is normalised The relational output files are supplied to support users who wish to import the Grouper output into a relational database other users may choose to ignore them and vice versa RowNo Field RowNo is an identifier that can be used to link rows in output files to rows in other output files This is particularly useful in the case of the relational output files Use of a system generated row number avoids problems using input values where they may not be unique Note that depending on the file s role in a relationship with another file RowNo may not contain consecutive values i e there may be values missing this is by design For example the RowNo values in the name _spell_rel csv file will contain non consecutive values where the input data contains multi episode spells Iteration Field Iteration appears in some relational output files where it is used to distinguish between occurrences within the same key value The
20. al Care Information Centre All rights reserved File Tools Window Help Oe ae le I File Batch Processing sne oor ox nn Database Admitted Patient Care APC C1516 Record Definition File C Program Files HSCIC HRG4 ple_rdf HRG4_sample_APC rdf v Input File W Input data has headings Output File Add headings to output data Progress Error Ratio Processing Message Log 21 10 2014 10 06 43 New batch processing context was created Batch 01 21 10 2014 10 06 43 Batch 01 database definitions were reloaded 7 definitions 21 10 2014 10 07 15 Batch 01 new database definition selected Admitted Patient Care APC C1516 1516 C 10 Select Admitted Patient Care APC in the Database drop down list Other grouping types available can be seen in the drop down Click the browse button folder icon next to the Record Definition File drop down list In the Open RDF File dialog box browse for the sample RDF The sample RDFs are located in the Grouper s installation folder in a sub folder called sample _ rdf Open the file HRG4_ sample APC rdf An alternative sample RDF file should be used for other grouping database selections The database selection and RDF file should match Click the browse button folder icon to the right of the Input File field In the Open Input File dialog box browse to and select the downloade
21. are poe wes pee Temp data HRG4_Admitted_ Patient Care_Sample_ Test Data csv output file C Temp data output_HRG4_Admitted_Patient_Care_Sample_Test_Data_sort csv 21 10 2014 10 51 14 Batch 01 input file prepared Elapsed time 00 00 01 21 10 2014 10 51 14 Batch 01 starting file processing Input file C Temp data output_HRG4_Admitted_Patient_Care_Sample_Test_Data_sort csv output file C Temp data output_HRG4_Admitted_Patient_Care_Sample_Test_Data csv 21 10 2014 10 51 15 Batch 01 processing finished Elapsed time 00 00 01 Health amp Social Care 21 10 2014 10 51 15 Batch 01 result Processed 327 records 260 grouped 79 511 67 ungrouped 20 sci 489 Information Centre 1516 C 10 e Open Windows Explorer and browse to the folder specified for the output file e Open the file output_apc_sample_FCE csv in Microsoft Excel The file is a copy of the input file with HRGs and other related columns appended Other output files are explained in the Output Files section of this document Grouping Your Data In order to group your own data you need to either e Ensure that the structure of your data is identical to that specified in an existing record definition file RDF or e Create an RDF that matches the structure of your data Grouping can be initiated from the graphical user interface GUI or from the command line Whichever approach is used the same inp
22. ation Centre All rights reserved O NO O Q Uou Q O O ok ok i i i l M ce Ca ON OOO A A N ONMNNNNN O ON DD fF oO HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Quick Start This section is intended to provide a brief overview of downloading installing and starting to use the HRG4 Grouper application For more detailed information you are advised to read the whole manual Download and Install the Grouper Go to www hscic gov uk casemix downloads Click on Payment There may be more than one version available this page also offers the Payment and Engagement groupers Older versions are on the archive pages Click on the Grouper application link in the Download section at the right of the screen Save the Zip file to an appropriate location on your computer Open the Zip file and extract the installer Double click the installer file and follow the installation setup wizard Walkthrough Using Sample Data The following walkthrough describes processing a sample Admitted Patient Care APC input file available from the Casemix website Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved Download the HRG4 Admitted Patient Care Sample Test Data file from this page http www hscic gov uk casemix general Open the Grouper application HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 r Copyright 2014 Health and Soci
23. c replacement of articulation of bone NEC Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 32 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 UZ06 Poorly coded procedure for Casemix grouping pruposes Indicates a dominant or unbundled procedure that is too vague and unspecific to determine resource use from an HRG design perspective OPCS A579 UZ06 Poorly coded procedure for Casemix grouping purposes in OPER 02 OPCS U019 UZ06 Poorly coded procedure for Casemix grouping purposes in OPER 01 A579 Unspecified operations on spinal nerve root U019 Unspecified diagnostic imaging of whole body UZ11 Neonatal Critical Care Error This is a general purpose grouping error for Neonatal Critical Care generated when the input record does not meet any of the criteria in the neonatal critical care grouping algorithm UZ12 Paediatric Critical Care Error This is a general purpose grouping error for Paediatric Critical Care generated when the input record does not meet any of the criteria in the paediatric critical care grouping algorithm UZ13 ACC Grouping Error This is a general purpose grouping error for Adult Critical Care generated when the input record does not meet any of the criteria in the adult critical care grouping algorithm UZ14 Renal NRD Error This is a general error for grouping renal activity using the national renal dataset and is generated when conditions in the gro
24. d sample input file Ensure that the Input data has headings box is checked Click the browse button folder icon next to the Output File field In the Save Output File dialog box browse to the folder containing the input file and type output _apc_sample or anything similarly appropriate in the File name box Click Save The path and filename of the output file are displayed in the Output File field Ensure that the Add headings to output data box is checked Click the Process button HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 e When finished the log display area shows information about the grouping session including the number of records grouped These details can also be found in the file hrg log Depending on how Windows is configured on your machine this may be in the Grouper s installation folder or a folder called hrg4 grouper profile C1516 in your user profile File Tools Window Help Oe laa lej aeie Batch prosessin dum Sse Database _ Admitted Patient Care APC C1516 Record Definition File C Program Files HSCIC HRG4 ple_rdf HRG4_sample_APC rdf_ al Input File C Temp data HRG4_Admitted_Patient_Care_Sample_Test_Data ia E W Input data has headings Output File C Temp data output_HRG4_Admitted_Patient_Care_Sample Teg E W Add headings to output data Progress Error Ratio Processing Message Log es tU euE 10 91 19 OULUI warang e prep
25. e NCC The Grouper sorts Neonatal Critical Care prior to grouping so that records with the same provider code and local identifier are placed in activity date order The field list below shows the fields required by the Grouper The field order of the input file is defined by the Record Definition File used for the grouping session there is no significance to the order in which the fields are listed below Grouper Field Name CDS DD Field Name Notes ORGANISATION A value must be supplied but is not validated For NHS organisations use PROCODE T COTE COPE OE the first 3 characters for non NHS PROVIDER S organisations use all 5 characters This and the provider field are the key CCLocallD ae hacen that keeps records for the same patient together They must be supplied CCDate ACTIVITY DATE Format is YYYYMMDD e g 14 March CRITICAL CARE 2009 20090314 DISDATE CRITICAL CARE Format is YYYYMMDD e g 14 March DISCHARGE DATE 2009 20090314 CRITICAL CARE UNIT a CCUF FUNCTION Leading zeros are significant Whole days rounded down ACTIVITY AGE_DAYS Derived DATE CRITICAL CARE PERSON BIRTH DATE DISCHARGE METHOD CODE DISMETI HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL Gestlen GESTATION LENGTH AT DELIVERY Kilograms to 3 decimal places PERWT PERSON WEIGHT Range greater than zero kg and less than 10 kg Leading zeroes are accepted Valid CCAC code from list in Neonatal CCAC_01 pe appa ie Cr
26. e that contains an error Where one or more episodes within a multi episode spell contain errors all the episodes from the spell including those that do not contain errors are included in the quality file Thus there are records in the quality file that do not include error messages lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo Matches the run generated row number Error Message A variable number of fields each consisting of Code Type Code and Error Message separated by pipe symbols na me _FCE_rel csv Episode level output in relational form RowNo Matches the run generated row number FCE_HRG The episode HRG The grouping method used for the spell P Procedure driven GroupingMethodFlag D Diagnosis driven M Multiple trauma G Global exception U Error DominantProcedure The dominant procedure FCE_ PBC Programme Budgeting Code for the episode The calculated episode duration This is the input Episode duration minus the number of days in the input fields CalcEpidur CRITICALCAREDAYS REHABILITATIONDAYS and SPCDAYS ReportingEPIDUR Not populated in this grouper FCETrimpoint Not populated in this grouper FCEExcessBeddays Not populated in this grouper SpellReportFlag Identifies the dominant episode na me _spell_rel csv Contains Spell level output in relational form one row pe
27. ed Input Filename The path and filename of the input file Output Filename The path and filename selected by the user RDF path and name The path and filename of the Record Definition File used for grouping Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 25 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Emergency Medicine EM There are five output files File Name Field Name Description name csv A list of other output files name _attend csv The main grouped output file lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo The generated row number of the record EM_HRG The attendance HRG na me _quality csv Contains a row for each input record that contains errors lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo Matches the run generated row number Error Message A variable number of fields consisting of Code Type Code and Error Message separated by pipe symbols na me _quality_rel csv All error messages in relational form RowNo Matches the run generated row number Iteration The ordinal number of the quality message Code Type The type of code that has failed validation Cade The code that failed validation Blank if code missing from input data Error Message Description
28. ed 23 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 File Name Field Name Description Grouper Version Version of the Grouper that produced the output files Database Version The Grouper s internal HRG database version FCE Count The number of episodes submitted Spell Count The number of spells submitted FCE Error Count The number of episodes having errors Spell Error Count The number of spells having errors Run Start Date Time The date and time that the grouping session started Run End Date Time The date and time that the grouping session finished Input Filename The path and filename of the input file Output Filename The path and filename selected by the user RDF path and name The path and filename of the Record Definition File used for grouping Non Admitted Consultations NAC There are eight output files File Name Field Name Description name csv A list of other output files name _attend csv The main grouped output file lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo The generated row number of the record NAC_HRG The attendance HRG GroupingMethodFlag Grouping method used P Procedure driven G Global exception O Outpatient default U Error DominantProcedure The dominant procedure AttendSSC_Ct The count of distinct
29. es in the spell SpellLOS The spell duration used for grouping ReportingSpellLOS Not populated in this grouper SpellTrimpoint Not populated in this grouper SpellExcessBeddays Not populated in this grouper SpellCCDays The number of critical care days in the spell SpellPBC Programme Budgeting Code for the spell SpellSSC_Ct Number of distinct SSCs produced for the spell SpellSSCito SpellSSC7 Candidate Specialised Service Codes for the spell SpellIBP_Ct Number of distinct BPTs produced for the spell SpellBP1 to SpellIBP7 Candidate Best Practice Tariff codes for the spell SpellFlag_Ct Number of distinct other flags produced for the spell SpellFlag1 to SpellFlag7 Other flags for the spell Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 21 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 File Name Field Name Description UnbundledHRGs Variable number of fields containing unbundled HRGs spell level There is no significance to the order in which unbundled HRGs are output For Specialist Palliative Care and Rehabilitation unbundled HRGs where there is more than one daily HRG the field consists of an HRG followed by an asterisk followed by the number of days rather than HRG being repeated for every day For example VC18Z 20 indicates VC18Z for 20 days na me _quality csv Contains a row for each episod
30. esign concepts and provides worked examples of a variety of different grouping scenarios The Specialised Service Identification Code Sets is a spreadsheet containing details about how the Grouper allocates specific identification flags relating to specialised services that may attract a national tariff top up which will then be applied in the National System for Reimbursement SUS PbR The Best Practice Guide is a spreadsheet produced to help users understand how Best Practice flags which are output by the Casemix Groupers are generated Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre Part of the Government Statistical Service This publication may be requested in large print or other formats For further information www hscic gov uk 0300 303 5678 enquiries hscic gov uk Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved This work remains the sole and exclusive property of the Health and Social Care Information Centre and may only be reproduced where there is explicit reference to the ownership of the Health and Social Care Information Centre This work may be re used by NHS and government organisations without permission Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved
31. gnosis codes should be set to 20 rather than the default value of 14 All field names in the Mandatory Fields list must be assigned to fields in the sample input file Fields are assigned by using the mouse to drag the field name from the Mandatory Fields list to the appropriate field in the preview area Fields move from the Mandatory Fields list to the Assigned Fields list as they are assigned Multiple fields can be selected by clicking with the mouse while holding down the SHIFT and or CTRL keys The selected fields can then be dragged to the preview area If a field is erroneously assigned it can be removed by selecting it in the Assigned Fields list and pressing the Delete key The field will then appear at the bottom of the Mandatory Fields list When all mandatory fields have been assigned the RDF can be saved by selecting the appropriate option from the File menu Record Definition File Editor Choosing to Create Manually or selecting Open RDF from the File menu presents a different view of a record definition file File Edit Tools Window Help Le ee lae New RDF 01 x Full path and name of rdf after save Database dmitted Patient Care APC C1516 Create manually Create from file Clear FieldName Field Title i Field No Picture PROCODET OrgCode PROVSPNO SpellID EPIORDER EpiOrder STARTAGE Age SEX Sex CLASSPAT PatClass ADMISORC AdmiSource ADMIMETH AdmiMethod
32. haracters This and the provider field are the key CCLocallD a A EES that keeps records for the same patient together They must be supplied CCDate ACTIVITY DATE Format is YYYYMMDD e g 14 March CRITICAL CARE 2009 20090314 DISDATE CRITICAL CARE Format is YYYYMMDD e g 14 March DISCHARGE DATE 2009 20090314 DISCHARGE METHOD CODE DISMETH HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL CRITICAL CARE UNIT BEEE CCUF FUNCTION Leading zeros are significant Valid CCAC code from list in Paediatric CCAC 01 CRITICAL CARE Critical Care Minimum Dataset PCC ACTIVITY CODE MDS If this field is blank an error will be generated CRITICAL CARE CCAC_02 CCAC_20 ACTIVITY CODE Blank is valid OPER_01 OPER_20 HIGH COST DRUGS OPCS Valid OPCS 4 codes or blank The PCC MDS specifies two appropriate procedure codes only DIAG_01 DIAG_99 PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS ICD and SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS ICD Valid ICD 10 codes or blank Each paediatric critical care day is represented by a data row in the input file Where a child moves between units with different Critical Care Unit Function Codes a new critical care Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 17 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 period starts this may result in the generation of more than one critical care record for the day of transfer and consequently more than one HRG for that day Neonatal Critical Car
33. he available values are APC ACC EM NAC PCC NRD NCC Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 8 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 h Optional Where present indicates that the input file has a header row field names Omit this parameter where the first row in the file is a data row t Optional Where present stops generation of field names in the top row of the output file If this parameter is omitted then each of the output files will contain a header row Optional Where present directs the Grouper to list the available command line parameters to the hrg 1og file which may be in the Grouper s installation folder or a folder called hrg4 grouper profile C1516 in your user profile depending on how your Windows is configured This parameter cannot be combined with other parameters Where there are spaces in paths or filenames for parameter values the parameter value must be enclosed within double quote characters An example script using the command line is echo off C cd Program Files HSCIC HRG4 2015 16 C hrg grouperc exe i C Temp data apc csv o C Temp data output csv d HRG4 sample APC rdf 1 APC h F SERRORLEVELS NEQ 0 echo Error in command please check hrg log Pause Secondary Uses Service Grouping The Secondary Uses Service SUS Grouper and the corresponding payment grouper use the same algorithm so
34. he code that has failed validation Blank where the code is missing from the input data Error Message Description of the error name _flag_rel csv This file is populated by payment Groupers only Includes all distinct Specialised Service Codes SSCs Best Practice Tariff BPT codes and other flags generated for the spell Where a spell does not generate SSCs BPT codes or Flags this file will contain no records for that spell RowNo Matches the run generated row number PROCODET The organisation code from the input file PROVSPNO The hospital provider spell number from the input file Iteration The ordinal number of the SSC BPT or other flag Includes all distinct Specialised Service Codes SSCs Best SpellFlag Practice Tariff BPT codes and other flags generated for the spell name _ub_rel csv The unbundled HRGs There are no entries for episodes that do not have any unbundled HRGs RowNo Matches the run generated row number Iteration The ordinal number of the unbundled HRG The unbundled HRGs There is no significance to the order in which unbundled HRGs are output UnbundledHRGs For Specialist Palliative Care and Rehabilitation HRGs are generated on a perdiem basis so there will be a row for each day name _summary csv A single row file containing details about the grouping session Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserv
35. he fields required by the Grouper The field order of the input file is defined by the Record Definition File used for the grouping session there is no significance to the order in which the fields are listed below Grouper Field name CDS DD Field Name Notes STARTAGE Derived Whole years rounded down APPOINTMENT DATE PERSON BIRTH DATE SEX PERSON GENDER CODE CURRENT MAINSPEF CARE PROFESSIONAL MAIN SPECIALTY CODE TRETSPEF ACTIVITY TREATMENT FUNCTION CODE FIRSTATT FIRST ATTENDANCE CODE OPER_01 OPER_99 PRIMARY PROCEDURE OPCS and PROCEDURE OPCS Valid OPCS 4 codes or blank Each row of the input file represents a single attendance Diagnosis Codes Diagnostic coding is excluded from the HRG4 algorithm for non admitted consultations Emergency Medicine EM The field list below shows the fields required by the Grouper The field order of the input file is defined by the Record Definition File used for the grouping session there is no significance to the order in which the fields are listed below Grouper Field Name CDS DD Field Name Notes AGE Derived Whole years rounded down ARRIVAL DATE PERSON BIRTH DATE Validated but not used in grouping Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 14 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Grouper Field Name
36. hich are available to download from the National Casemix Office website www hscic gov uk casemix It is a comprehensive resource of supporting materials designed to assist users in understanding the design concepts logic and practical use of the Grouper The Casemix Companion is a starting point and general reference for new and existing users providing an introduction to HRGs groupers HRG4 design concepts and grouping logic and useful links to further information The Grouper User Manual provides full instructions on how to prepare and group data using the Grouper software application This generic document is updated with every new grouper software toolkit released The Summary of Changes document provides an overview of the main changes between the current grouper design and its predecessor The Chapter Summaries document provides an overview of the scope composition and grouping logic of individual subchapters along with illustrative worked examples Also included in the document are updates on the changes within subchapters The Code to Group Workbook is a spreadsheet that provides details on all mappings between primary classification e g ICD 10 OPCS 4 A amp E codes etc and their respective HRGs Also detailed within the workbook are the logic conditions required to generate the HRGs The Code to Group User Manual serves as an introduction to using the Code to Group workbook to perform manual grouping It also details some basic d
37. input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo Matches the run generated row number Error Message A variable number of fields consisting of Code Type Code and Error Message separated by pipe symbols na me _quality_rel csv All error messages in relational form RowNo Matches the run generated row number Iteration The ordinal number of the quality message Code Type The type of code that has failed validation Code The code that failed validation Blank if code missing from input data Error Message Description of the error na me _summary csv A single row file containing details about the grouping session Grouper Version The version of the Grouper that produced the output files Database Version The Grouper s internal HRG database version NRD Record Count The number of records submitted NRD Record Error Count The number of records having errors Run Start Date Time The date and time that the grouping session started Run End Date Time The date and time that the grouping session finished Input Filename The path and filename of the input file Output Filename The path and filename selected by the user RDF path and name The path and filename of the Record Definition File used for grouping Adult Critical Care ACC There are five output files
38. itical Care Minimum Dataset If this ACTIVITY CODE ne field is blank an error will be generated CRITICAL CARE CCAC_02 CCAC_20 ACTIVITY CODE Blank is valid Each neonatal critical care day is represented by a data row in the input file Where a baby moves between units with different Critical Care Unit Function Codes a new critical care period starts this may result in the generation of more than one critical care record for the day of transfer and consequently more than one HRG for that day Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 18 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Output Files In the text below and the tables in the following pages the output file name supplied by the user during processing is referred to as name the remainder of the file name is a standard suffix that is appended by the Grouper A single input file produces a number of output files User requirements determine which files are used some users may not require certain output files In most cases an output field appears in more than one file thus enabling users to select the files that best suit their needs Output files are produced as comma separated text These files may be opened with Microsoft Excel but very large files may exceed the maximum number of rows for Excel In these cases an error message such as File not loaded completely will be displayed when attempting to open the file
39. l v1 0 Paediatric Critical Care PCC There are six output files File Name Field Name Description name csv A list of other output files name _sort csv A copy of the input data after it has been sorted lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo The generated row number of the record after sorting na me _pcc csv The main grouped output file lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo Matches the run generated row number PCC_HRG The unbundled HRG for the Paediatric Critical Care day na me _quality csv Contains one row for each record that contains errors lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo Matches the run generated row number Error Message A variable number of fields consisting of Code Type Code and Error Message separated by pipe symbols na me _quality_rel csv All error messages in relational form RowNo Matches the run generated row number Iteration The ordinal number of the quality message Code Type The type of code that has failed validation Gods The code that failed validation Blank if code missing from input data Error Message Description of the error na me _summary csv A single row file containing details about the grouping session Gro
40. ll rights reserved 11 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Unless otherwise stated the values in each field are validated against enumerated sets of values generally based on NHS Data Dictionary definitions File Format Input data must be in comma separated value CSV format using the American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCII character set excluding the non printing ASCII characters The input file must not include qualifiers such as quotes surrounding the fields Using Excel for File Preparation If some of the records end with empty fields then a file structure issue can arise when saving a text file using Microsoft Excel for more information please refer to Microsoft Article ID 77295 Column delimiters are missing in an Excel spreadsheet that is saved as text http support microsoft com default aspx scid 77295 To prevent this issue arising ensure that the final rightmost column of data is populated for every record in the file with dummy data such as x Admitted Patient Care APC The Grouper sorts APC data prior to processing so that records with the same Provider Code and Provider Spell Number are placed in Episode Number order The field list below shows the fields required by the Grouper The field order of the input file is defined by the Record Definition File used for the grouping session there is no significance to the order in which the fields are listed below
41. n Field Value Description EPIORDER 1 STARTAGE 25 FCE_HRG UZ01Z Data Invalid for Grouping SEX 1 Male GroupingMet U CLASSPAT 1 Ordinary admission DominantPro ADMISORC 19 Usual place of residence FCE_PBC PBCO2U1 Primary diagnosis not recognised ADMIMETH 11 Waiting list CalcEpidur 0 DISDEST 19 Usual place of residence ReportingEPI DISMETH 1 Patient discharged on clinical advice or wit FCETrimpoint EPIDUR 0 i FCEExcessBe MAINSPEF 300 GENERAL MEDICINE SpellReportFlag 1 NEOCARE 8 Not Applicable UnbundledH TRETSPEF 300 GENERAL MEDICINE DIAG_02 gt Spell Processing Message Log v Output Spell Copy Content Field Value Description SpellHRG UZ01Z Data Invalid for Grouping SpellGroupin U SnelIDomina 1516 C 10 Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 10 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Once a Database and Record Definition File have been selected you can Add Record For Admitted Patient Care it is possible to build up a spell consisting of multiple episodes by adding further records Some fields are populated with useful values to save some data input effort and the user can edit these and populate other fields as appropriate The output values will be updated to reflect any changes Any errors are highlighted in yellow in both the
42. of the error na me _summary csv A single row file containing details about the grouping session Grouper Version The version of the Grouper that produced the output files Database Version The Grouper s internal HRG database version Attendance Count The number of records submitted Attendance Error Count The number of records having errors Run Start Date Time The date and time that the grouping session started Run End Date Time The date and time that the grouping session finished Input Filename The path and filename of the input file Output Filename The path and filename selected by the user RDF path and name The path and filename of the Record Definition File used for grouping Renal Dialysis NRD There are five output files File Name Field Name Description na me csv A list of other output files na me _renal csv The main grouped output file Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 26 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 File Name Field Name lt input data gt Description All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo The generated row number of the record NRD_HRG The HRG for the dialysis record na me _quality csv Contains one row for each record that contains errors lt
43. pingMethodFlag Grouping method used P Procedure driven G Global exception O Outpatient default U Error DominantProcedure The dominant procedure na me _quality_rel csv All error messages in relational form RowNo Matches the run generated row number Iteration The ordinal number of the quality message Code Type The type of code that has failed validation Goede The code that failed validation Blank if code missing from input data Error Message Description of the error na me _flag_rel csv This file is not currently populated RowNo Iteration AttendFlag The unbundled HRGs There are no entries for attendances name UB reheay without unbundled HRGs RowNo Matches the run generated row number Iteration The ordinal number of the unbundled HRG UnbundledHRGs The unbundled HRGs There is no significance to the output order na me _summary csv A single row file containing details about the grouping session Grouper Version The version of the Grouper that produced the output files Database Version The Grouper s internal HRG database version Attendance Count The number of records submitted Attendance Error Count The number of records having errors Run Start Date Time The date and time that the grouping session started Run End Date Time The date and time that the grouping session finish
44. r Manual v1 0 File Name Field Name Description SpellExcessBeddays Not populated in this grouper SpellCCDays The number of critical care days in the spell SpellPBC Programme Budgeting Code for the spell Variable number of fields containing unbundled HRGs episode level There is no significance to the order in which unbundled HRGs are output UnbundledHRGs For Specialist Palliative Care and Rehabilitation unbundled HRGs where there is more than one daily HRG the field consists of an HRG followed by an asterisk followed by the number of days rather than HRG being repeated for every day For example VC18Z 20 indicates VC18Z for 20 days name _spell csv Contains one row per spell Includes candidate Specialised Service Codes SSCs Best Practice Tariff BPT codes and other flags generated for the spell RowNo Matches the run generated row number PROCODET The organisation code from the input file PROVSPNO The hospital provider spell number from the input file SpellHRG The spell HRG SpellGroupingMethod Flag The grouping method used for the spell P Procedure driven D Diagnosis driven M Multiple trauma G Global exception U Error SpellDominant The dominant procedure for the spell Procedure SpellPDiag The primary diagnosis used for spell grouping SpellSDiag The first secondary diagnosis used for spell grouping SpellEpisodeCount The number of episod
45. r spell RowNo Matches the run generated row number PROCODET The organisation code from the input file PROVSPNO The hospital provider spell number from the input file SpellHRG The spell HRG SpellGroupingMethod Flag The grouping method used for the spell P Procedure driven D Diagnosis driven M Multiple trauma G Global exception U Error Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 22 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 File Name Field Name Description SpellDominant The Dominant procedure for the spell Procedure SpellPDiag The primary diagnosis used when spell grouping SpellSDiag The first secondary diagnosis used when spell grouping SpellEpisodeCount The number of episodes in the spell SpellLOS The spell duration used for grouping ReportingSpellLOS Not populated in this grouper SpellTrimpoint Not populated in this grouper SpellExcessBeddays Not populated in this grouper SpellCCDays The number of critical care days in the spell SpellPBC Programme Budgeting Code for the spell name _quality_rel csv Relational format includes a row for each error for each episode RowNo Matches the run generated row number Iteration The ordinal number of the quality message Code Type The type of code that has failed validation Code The value of t
46. re is no significance to the numerical values of Iteration the values are assigned in order being numbered 1 2 3 etc Admitted Patient Care APC There are eleven output files File Name Field Name Description name csv A list of all the other output files Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 19 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 File Name Field Name Description name _sort csv A copy of the input data after it has been sorted by Provider Code Spell Number and Episode Number prior to grouping lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo The generated row number of the record after sorting This will match the equivalent fields in other output files from the same grouper run name _FCE csv Contains both episode and spell output fields The spell fields are repeated for each episode in the spell care must be taken to avoid double counting when using spell fields lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo Matches the run generated row number FCE_HRG The episode HRG The grouping method used for the spell P Procedure driven GroupingMethodFlag D Diagnosis driven M Multiple trauma G Global exception U Error DominantProcedure The dominant procedure FCE_ PBC Programme Budgeting Code
47. results of grouping the same data will always be the same Any apparent differences between your grouping of data and the results in SUS are likely to be caused by the way SUS prepares data e Exclusions Some episodes are excluded from spells according to Department of Health rules Lack of such records in a spell can affect the spell level grouping results To get the same result you may need to remove excluded episodes from the grouping run e Critical Care CC Days calculations The local grouper uses precalculated CC days for each Admitted Patient Care APC episode whereas SUS calculates CC days for APC episodes from the linked Adult Neonatal or Paediatric Critical Care ACC NCC PCC data e Spell Construction The local grouper uses the contents of PROCODET Provider Code and the PROVSPNO Hospital Provider Spell Number fields to ensure episodes in the spell are grouped together SUS derives its own spell identifier and uses that in place of the Hospital Provider Spell Number This can mean that different sets of episodes are treated as part of a spell although in reality there are few such differences It is possible to use an alternative spell identifier as PROVSPNO in place of the Hospital Provider Spell Number e Use of some ICD codes that are invalid for grouping o SUS removes morphology codes before grouping ICD codes containing Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 9
48. ue to the absence of a code this section is left blank Error Description explains the nature of the error An example error message is ICD P102 UZ03 Diagnosis Conflicts with Age in DIAG 01 Error Types There are three types of errors Field Validation Errors are generated where field values are missing or are outside of the accepted range of values Example error messages of this type are ICD Primary diagnosis is blank ICD XX68 Code not recognised in DIAG 01 OPCS C992 Code not recognised in OPER 02 Spell Validation Errors result from cross checks across records in a spell For example where consistency checks for sex or age fail SEX Not the same in all episodes in the spell AGE Falls in FCEs in this Spell Clinical Coding Errors are mainly due to the use of clinical codes that violate clinical coding convention or are not useful resource indicators for HRG grouping Clinical coding errors produce error messages that contain the error category codes described in the following section Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 31 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Error Categories Error Categories are used mainly for clinical coding errors Critical care grouping error descriptions also include error category codes UZ01 Invalid Primary Diagnosis Diagnosis code is present but should not be used in a primary position according to clinical
49. uper Version The version of the Grouper that produced the output files Database Version The Grouper s internal HRG database version PCC Record Count The number of records submitted PCC Record Error Count The number of records having errors Run Start Date Time The date and time that the grouping session started Run End Date Time The date and time that the grouping session finished Input Filename The path and filename of the input file Output Filename The path and filename selected by the user RDF path and name The path and filename of the Record Definition File used for grouping Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 29 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Neonatal Critical Care NCC There are six output files File Name Field Name Description name csv A list of other output files name _sort csv A copy of the input data after it has been sorted lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo Generated row number of the record after sorting na me _ncc csv The main grouped output file lt input data gt All of the input data including any non mandatory fields RowNo Matches the run generated row number NCC_HRG The unbundled HRG for the Neanatal Critical Care day na me _quality csv
50. uping algorithm have not been met UZ21 CCAC Inappropriate in NCC Generated when the Critical Care Activity Code is inappropriate for the Neonatal Critical Care HRG algorithm UZ22 CCAC Inappropriate in PCC Generated when the Critical Care Activity Code is inappropriate for the Paediatric Critical Care HRG algorithm Notes When one error is found in a record the Grouper does not stop the validation process The grouping software aims to identify all errors and output them together In Admitted Patient Care errors cascade up to the next level If an episode HRG is UZ01Z then the spell HRG will be UZ01Z If an unbundled HRG is UZ01Z then both the episode and the spell HRGs will be UZ01Z Errors do not cascade downwards so if one episode gets UZ01Z then it will not stop the other episode HRGs from being generated Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 33 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 In Admitted Patient Care data Specialised Service Codes and Best Practice Tariff codes are suppressed if the spell HRG is UZ01Z In Admitted Patient Care data the primary diagnosis is always validated All clinical codes are validated against the Grouper s internal database of codes Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 34 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 The Documentation Suite Below is a list of the various documents w
51. ut rules grouper processing and output file structures and content will result Copyright 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre All rights reserved 5 HRG4 2015 16 Consultation Grouper User Manual v1 0 Another approach for single records and for single admitted patient care APC multi episode spells is to use the Single Spell Grouper available from the Tools menu To get an initial appreciation of grouping you are recommended to experiment with the Single Spell Grouper functionality Record Definition File RDF The RDF tells the grouper the structure of the data you want it to process The field content of the RDF must include all mandatory input fields for the type of data you want to group Although these fields are mandatory you define their order You can also include additional fields which will be ignored by the grouper The easiest way to create an RDF is to use the Wizard Using the Record Definition File Wizard to Create a Custom RDF e Select Open RDF Editor from the Tools menu e Select the required Database the type of input file with which the RDF will be used e You can choose to Create manually which uses the RDF Editor discussed in the following section or Create from file which uses an input data file to base the RDF on e Select Create from file click the browse button folder icon and in the Open CSV File dialog box browse to and select your input data file and click Proceed File
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