Table Detail Report
HF_D_VITAL_STATUS
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Table-level Detail
| Description: | HF_D_VITAL_STATUS |
| Definition: | The dimension table of possible vital status. |
| Table Type: | REFERENCE |
Column Detail - HF_D_VITAL_STATUS
| Column Name | Type | Null? | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPDT_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The date and time the row was last inserted or updated. |
| UPDT_TASK | VC2(40) | Y | The registered (assigned) task number for the process that inserted or updated the row. |
| UPDT_USER | VC2(40) | Y | The user id that performed the update or insert on this record. |
| VITAL_STATUS_DESC | VC2(60) | Y | The description of the vital status. |
| VITAL_STATUS_ID | FLOAT | Y | PRIMARY KEY |
HF_F_CLINICAL_EVENT
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Table-level Detail
| Description: | HF_F_CLINICAL_EVENT |
| Definition: | This is the fact table that contain all clinical events for patients for given encounter (visit) |
| Table Type: | REFERENCE |
Column Detail - HF_F_CLINICAL_EVENT
| Column Name | Type | Null? | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCESSION_NBR | VC2(100) | Y | This is the accession or order number associated with this order. Allows access to events/groups of events via Accession Number. Scope and use of Accession Number is application-specific |
| CLINICAL_EVENT_FACT_ID | NUMBER | N | The unique identifier for the clinical event fact row. |
| CLINICAL_SEQ | NUMBER | Y | This field describes the sequence of an event in a series. For example, 1,2,3 is one sequence or Post Op 1, Post Op2, Post Op3 could be another separate sequence. Used to indicate what sequence clinical events took place in if they're all ensured together. |
| CLINSIG_UPDT_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The clinically significant date key is used to join the clinical event fact table to the date dimension table. |
| CLINSIG_UPDT_DT_TM | DATE | Y | Clinical Significant date and time |
| CRITICAL_HIGH | VC2(20) | Y | Critical high value |
| CRITICAL_LOW | VC2(20) | Y | Critical low value |
| ENCOUNTER_ID | NUMBER | Y | The visit identifier for the encounter |
| EQUATION_TXT | VC2(2000) | Y | This field stores the equation used to calculate the result. Ex. MAP = SAP + (DAP x 2)/3 |
| EVENT_CLASS_ID | NUMBER | Y | Coded value which specifies how the event is stored in and retrieved from the event table's sub-tables. For example, Event_Class_CDs identify events as numeric results, textual results, calculations, medications, etc. |
| EVENT_CODE_ID | NUMBER | Y | It is the code that identifies the most basic unit of the storage, i.e. RBC, discharge summary, image |
| EVENT_END_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The event end date key used to join the clinical event fact table to the date dimension table. |
| EVENT_END_DT_TM | DATE | Y | Clinical date time for the end of the event. In the cases where results do not associate an Event Time range, then the event_start_dt_tm = event_end_dt_tm |
| EVENT_EXPIRATION_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The event expiration date key used to join the clinical event fact table to the date dimension table. |
| EVENT_EXPIRATION_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The date on which the result no longer becomes clinically relevant. Indicates when a result can no longer be used to make clinical decisions. The result still has historical significance, but cannot be used to make decisions on the administration of care. Example: A blood bank cross match is only valid for 24-48 hours. If after that time they need a cross-match, they must do another one. |
| EVENT_NK | VC2(100) | Y | The source event system identifier. This is used to link multiple clinical events through the parent_event_nk. |
| EVENT_NOMRALCY_ID | NUMBER | Y | States whether the result is normal. This can be used to determine whether to display the event tag in different color on the flowsheet. For group results, this represents an ""overall"" normalcy. i.e. Is any result in the group abnormal? |
| EVENT_NORMALCY_METHOD_ID | NUMBER | Y | The method used to interpret normalcy |
| EVENT_RELTN_ID | NUMBER | Y | To indicate whether this event is a parent event of another event or a child event of another event or an orphan event where it is not parent or child of another event |
| EVENT_SOURCE_ID | NUMBER | Y | Source from which this result value originated. For example the source can be father or mother or calculated |
| EVENT_START_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The event start date key used to join the clinical event fact table to the date dimension table. |
| EVENT_START_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The Clinical date and time for the start of this event |
| HOSPITAL_ID | NUMBER | Y | The dim table key for the hospital that this record's encounter is attached to |
| LAB_PROCEDURE_ID | NUMBER | Y | The unique identifier for the orderable within the Cerner Health Facts Data Warehouse |
| NORMAL_HIGH | VC2(20) | Y | Normal high value |
| NORMAL_LOW | VC2(20) | Y | Normal low value |
| PARENT_EVENT_NK | VC2(100) | Y | The source event system identifier. This is used to link multiple clinical events through the event_nk. |
| PARTITION_DT_TM | DATE | Y | Indicates which partition of the table this record is in. Matches the partition date/time of the parent encounter |
| PATIENT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The patient unique identifier used within the Cerner Health Facts Data Warehouse. |
| PERFORMED_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The performed date key used to join the clinical event fact table to the date dimension table. |
| PERFORMED_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The date and time when this event was performed |
| PERFORMED_PRSNL_ID | NUMBER | Y | The personnel who performed this result |
| REFERENCE_NBR | VC2(100) | Y | The combination of the reference nbr and the contributor system code provides a unique identifier to the origin of the data. |
| RESULT_FEASIBLE_IND | NUMBER | Y | Indicates whether or not the result is within feasible limits. |
| RESULT_INACCURATE_IND | NUMBER | Y | Indicate whether the result value is outside of the measuring instruments accurate limits. |
| RESULT_NORMALCY_FLG | NUMBER | Y | Indicates Whether A Areult Is Abnormal Or Not. A Value Of: 2 Indicates An Abnormal Result; 1 Indicates A Normal Result 0 - indicates undefined or unknown -1 - N/A |
| RESULT_TIME_UNIT_ID | NUMBER | Y | If the result refers to a rate, this field is the time component of the rate |
| RESULT_UNITS_ID | NUMBER | Y | The unit of measure of the event / result |
| RESULT_VALUE | VC2(255) | Y | The value of the result |
| RESULT_VALUE_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The result date key used to join the clinical event fact table to the date dimension table. |
| RESULT_VALUE_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The actual date and time result value |
| RESULT_VALUE_NUM | NUMBER | Y | The actual numeric result |
| RESULT_VALUE_TXT | VC2(255) | Y | The actual result value in text |
| SECTION_ID | NUMBER | Y | The section where the event is performed. e.g. For Microbiology event, the bench will be stored here. |
| UPDT_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The date and time the row was last inserted or updated. |
| UPDT_TASK | VC2(40) | Y | The registered (assigned) task number for the process that inserted or updated the row. |
| UPDT_USER | VC2(40) | Y | The user who last modified this record |
| VERIFIED_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The verified date key used to join the clinical event fact table to the date dimension table. |
| VERIFIED_DT_TM | DATE | Y | Date and time this result / event is verified |
| VERIFIED_PRSNL_ID | NUMBER | Y | The personnel who verified this result / event |
HF_F_DIAGNOSIS
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Table-level Detail
| Description: | HF_F_DIAGNOSIS |
| Definition: | This is the fact table that contain all diagnoses for patients for given encounter (visit) |
| Table Type: | REFERENCE |
Column Detail - HF_F_DIAGNOSIS
| Column Name | Type | Null? | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSIS_FACT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The unique identifier from the diagnosis table |
| DIAGNOSIS_ID | NUMBER | Y | The link to the diagnosis such as ICD-9-CM diagnosis (Unspecified Anemia) |
| DIAGNOSIS_PRIORITY | NUMBER | Y | A number identifying the series of a diagnosis within an encounter. The diagnoses are assigned by a medical records coder for billing purposes retrospective to the encounter. The principal diagnosis (sequence =1) is the condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for the admission. The secondary diagnoses (sequences 2-9) are additional conditions that coexist at the time of admission or develop subsequently that have an effect on the treatment received or the the length of stay. |
| DIAGNOSIS_TYPE_ID | NUMBER | Y | The type of diagnosis such as admitting diagnosis, final diagnosis etc. |
| DISCHARGE_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The patient discharged date and time |
| ENCOUNTER_ID | NUMBER | Y | The visit key for the encounter. This is unique to the patient |
| HOSPITAL_ID | NUMBER | Y | The hospital key is a unique identifier for the facility. The key is used to link the hospital dimension table to encounter_facts table." |
| PARTITION_DT_TM | DATE | Y | Indicates which partition of the table this record is in. Matches the partition date/time of the parent encounter |
| PRESENT_ON_ADMIT_ID | NUMBER | Y | A number identifying Present on Admission of a diagnosis |
| UPDT_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The date and time the row was last inserted or updated. The UPDT family of columns are typically used for housekeeping and external system process and should never be depended on for solution specific logic. |
| UPDT_TASK | VC2(40) | Y | The registered (assigned) task number for the process that inserted or updated the row. The UPDT family of columns are typically used for housekeeping and external system process and should never be depended on for solution specific logic. |
| UPDT_USER | VC2(40) | Y | The user who last modified this record |
HF_F_ENCOUNTER
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Table-level Detail
| Description: | HF_F_ENCOUNTER |
| Definition: | The encounter table contains patient information for a specific period of time that a person comes in contact with a healthcare provider (i.e., inpatient hospital stay, outpatient clinic visit, office visit, phone call to the doctor, etc.). |
| Table Type: | REFERENCE |
Column Detail - HF_F_ENCOUNTER
| Column Name | Type | Null? | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADMISSION_SOURCE_ID | NUMBER | Y | The admission source id is a unique identifier used to join the admission_source dimension to the hf_f_encounter table. |
| ADMISSION_TYPE_ID | NUMBER | Y | The admission type id is a unique identifier used to join the admission_type dimension to the hf_f_encounter table. |
| ADMITTED_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The admit date id is used to join the hf_f_encounter table to the date dimension table. |
| ADMITTED_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The date/time that the patient was admitted. |
| ADMITTED_TM_VALID_IND | NUMBER | Y | Indicates if the admitted date is a valid date. |
| ADMITTING_DIAGNOSIS_1_ID | NUMBER | Y | A unique identifier used to link the admitting_diagnosis dimension table to the hf_f_encounter table. Free text field describing the reason the patient was admitted. |
| ADMITTING_DIAGNOSIS_2_ID | NUMBER | Y | A unique identifier used to link the admitting_diagnosis dimension table to the hf_f_encounter table. Free text field describing the reason the patient was admitted. |
| ADMITTING_DIAGNOSIS_3_ID | NUMBER | Y | A unique identifier used to link the admitting_diagnosis dimension table to the hf_f_encounter table. Free text field describing the reason the patient was admitted. |
| ADMITTING_PHYSICIAN_ID | NUMBER | Y | The physician id is a unique identifier used to link the physician dimension table to fact tables. |
| AGE_IN_DAYS | FLOAT | Y | The persons age in days if 2 days thru 2 weeks old. Values 2 - 13 days. This value is blank if the age was extracted to only the whole year detail. |
| AGE_IN_HOURS | FLOAT | Y | The persons age in hours, if less than 2 days old. Values 0-47 hours. This value is blank if the age was extracted to only the whole year detail. If hours, days, weeks, months, and years are all equal 0, then these persons are less than 1 hour. |
| AGE_IN_MONTHS | FLOAT | Y | The persons age in months if 3 months thru 2 years. Values 3-23 months. This value is blank if the age was extracted to only the whole year detail. |
| AGE_IN_WEEKS | FLOAT | Y | The persons age in weeks if 2 weeks thru 3 months. Values 2-8 weeks. This value is blank if the age was extracted to only the whole year detail. |
| AGE_IN_YEARS | FLOAT | Y | The age of the patient at admission (calculated from admit date-date of birth). If age can be computed to the hours-months level, then age in years will be greater than or equal to 2 years, the other age fields will be 0. Age in years will equal the intege |
| ARRIVAL_MODE_CODE | VC2(10) | Y | Admit mode code which identifies the method by which the patient arrived. (i.e., helicopter, ambulance, etc.) |
| ARRIVAL_MODE_DESC | VC2(100) | Y | Admit mode description which identifies the method by which the patient arrived. (i.e., helicopter, ambulance, etc.) |
| ATTENDING_PHYSICIAN_ID | NUMBER | Y | The foreign key of the attending physician associated to the encounter. |
| BILLING_IND | NUMBER | Y | Yes (1)/No (0) flag indicating whether this encounter received billing information. Prior to 2009, this indicator should correlate to visits that also have diagnoses or procedures. |
| DIAGNOSTIC_GROUPING_ID | NUMBER | Y | The diagnostic grouping id is a unique identifier used to link the diagnostic groupings dimension table to the hf_f_encounter table. The diagnostic grouping identifies the MDC and DRG for the encounter if billing data were received. |
| DISCHARGED_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The foreign key to the date that the patient was discharged. |
| DISCHARGED_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The date/time that the patient was discharged. |
| DISCHARGED_TM_VALID_IND | NUMBER | Y | Indicates if the discharged date is a valid date. |
| DISCHARGE_CARESETTING_ID | NUMBER | Y | Identifies the last (discharge) patient caresetting for the encounter. A unique identifier used to link the caresetting dimension table to the hf_f_encounter table. |
| DISCHARGE_DISPOSITION_ID | NUMBER | Y | The discharge disposition id is a unique identifier used to link the discharge_disposition dimension table to the hf_f_encounter table. If summarizing discharge disposition, use the encounters where discharge disposition not NULL as the population. |
| ENCOUNTER_ID | NUMBER | Y | The unique identifier from the source system of the encounter. |
| FINANCIAL_NBR | VC2(40) | Y | The formatted Financial Number of the encounter. |
| FINANCIAL_NBR_RAW | VC2(40) | Y | The unformatted Medical Record Number of the encounter. |
| FORMATTED_MEDICAL_RECORD_NBR | VC2(40) | Y | The formatted Medical Record Number of the encounter. |
| HOSPITAL_ID | NUMBER | Y | The hospital id is a unique identifier for the facility. The id is used to link the hospital dimension table to facts table. |
| MEDICAID_IND | NUMBER | Y | Indicates if the encounter qualifies for Medicaid. |
| MEDICAL_SERVICE_ID | NUMBER | Y | The unique identifier for the type or category of medical service that was received. |
| MEDICARE_IND | NUMBER | Y | Indicates if the encounter qualifies for Medicare. |
| ORG_ENCOUNTER_NBR | NUMBER | Y | The identifier of the organization that the encounter occurred within. |
| PARTITION_DT_TM | DATE | Y | A column used to partition the table by. The date is generated based upon when the encounter was discharged. |
| PATIENT_ID | NUMBER | Y | The id used within the Cerner Health Facts Data Warehouse to join to the patient dim table for additional person information such as gender, race, and marital status. Patient sk on the dim table identifies the unique person. |
| PATIENT_TYPE_ID | NUMBER | Y | A unique identifier used to join the patient_type dimension table to the hf_f_encounter table. |
| PAYER_ID | NUMBER | Y | A unique identifier used to link the payer dimension table to the hf_f_encounter table. |
| RAW_MEDICAL_RECORD_NBR | VC2(40) | Y | The unformatted Medical Record Number of the encounter. |
| TOTAL_CHARGES | NUMBER | Y | The total charges ($) for the encounter. Total Charges includes both covered and non-covered charges. If summarizing total charges, use the encounters where total charges is not NULL or zero (0) as the population. If NULL that means billing was not received. |
| UPDT_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The date and time the row was last inserted or updated. |
| UPDT_TASK | VC2(40) | Y | The registered (assigned) task number for the process that inserted or updated the row. |
| UPDT_USER | VC2(40) | Y | The application that performed the insert or update on this record. If this was done manually, MANUAL should be entered. |
| WEIGHT | FLOAT | Y | The weight of the patient. Weight is sparsely populated. Many of the weights extracted are 0 or NULL. Those that are populated should be used with reservation. Also check the clinical event table for addition weights if available. |
| WEIGHT_UNIT_ID | NUMBER | Y | A unique identifier used to link the unit dimension table to the encounter fact table. This field defines the unit for the weight entered. |
HF_F_ENC_HISTORY
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Table-level Detail
| Description: | HF_F_ENC_HISTORY |
| Definition: | Contains the history of location, encntr type, med service, and alt level of care changes for a specific encounter. |
| Table Type: | REFERENCE |
Column Detail - HF_F_ENC_HISTORY
| Column Name | Type | Null? | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEGIN_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | A date id is a unique identifier used to link the hf_f_enc_history table to the date table. |
| BEGIN_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The beginning date and time when the person was at this location during the encounter. |
| CARESETTING_ID | NUMBER | Y | The patient caresetting (location). A unique identifier used to link the caresetting dimension table to the hf_f_enc_history table. |
| DISCHARGED_DT_TM | DATE | Y | Used internally to identify which month/quarter the encounter occurred in. The original discharge date time. However, there is a small chance that the discharged_dt_tm on this fact does not match the discharged_dt_tm on the hf_f_encounter table. |
| ENCOUNTER_ID | NUMBER | Y | The visit identifier for the encounter. |
| END_DT_ID | NUMBER | Y | A date id is a unique identifier used to link the hf_f_enc_history table to the date table. |
| END_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The end date and time when the person was at this location during the encounter. |
| ESTIMATE_IND | NUMBER | Y | Indicates that the times of the history are estimates. |
| HOSPITAL_ID | NUMBER | Y | The identifier for the hospital in which the encounter occurred. |
| PARTITION_DT_TM | DATE | Y | A column used to partition the table by. The date is generated based upon when the encounter was discharged. |
| PATIENT_TYPE_ID | NUMBER | Y | A unique identifier used to join the patient_type dimension table to the hf_f_encounter table. |
| UPDT_DT_TM | DATE | Y | The date and time the row was last inserted or updated. |
| UPDT_TASK | VC2(40) | Y | The registered (assigned) task number for the process that inserted or updated the row. |
| UPDT_USER | VC2(40) | Y | The application that performed the insert or update on this record. If this was done manually, MANUAL should be entered. |