rxc_hier {edgedata}

Rx Condition Hierarchies - Table 11

Description

A dataset used to apply the risk adjustment Rx condition category hierarchies. The HHS risk model uses hierarchical condition categories. This means that when an individual has e.g. RXC 6 (Insulin), they do not also get the risk score for RXC 7 (Anti-Diabetic Agents, Except Insulin...).

Usage

rxc_hier

Format

An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 1 rows and 3 columns

rxc

Rx condition code without leading zeroes

desc

Rx condition code description

set_0

Rx condition code that falls below rxc on the hierarchy No leading zeroes

Source

Data import and cleaning at: https://github.com/EeethB/edgedata/tree/main/data-raw

See Also

Other RXC tables: adult_rxc_hcc_inter, adult_rxc, hcpcs_rxc, ndc_rxc