In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older. Excludes cases in hospice care at admission, obstetric discharges, and transfers to another hospital.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Number of deaths (DISP=20) among cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion rules for the denominator
Denominator
Discharges, for patients ages 18 years and older, with a principal ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for AMI
Exclusions
Exclude cases transferring to another short-term hospital (DISP=2); cases in hospice care at admission (PointOFOriginUB04=F); MDC 14 (pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium); with missing discharge disposition (DISP=missing), gender (SEX=missing), age (AGE=missing), quarter (DQTR=missing), year (YEAR=missing), or principal diagnosis (DX1=missing).
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