procedure_selection: Select Procedures from Professional Claim data

In UMCSTaR/medicareR: Standardize Medicare Data and Create Analytic File

Select Procedures from Professional Claim data

Description

select procedure related claims using CPT

Usage

procedure_selection(
  std_data_root = wd$std_data_root,
  prof_codes_folder = "prof_clm",
  cpt_map = define_proc_by_cpt,
  year = 2007,
  test_sas_processed_data_loc = NA,
  n_worker = 2
)

Arguments

std_data_root	professional claim data location
prof_codes_folder	professional claim folder name
cpt_map	should include 3 variable: cpt_cd, e_proc_grp and e_proc_grp_lbl
year	select one year to process, e.g. 2007
test_sas_processed_data_loc	this is for testing, only assign value when you want to test, eg. compare the processing results with SAS code Zhaohui Fan created. Otherwise leave it NA. When testing, assign the location of sas pre processed prof_clm data. eg. "/Volumes/George_Surgeon_Projects/medicare_data/sample_npct_std/prof_clm.sas7bdat"
n_worker	number of workers to use in future map

Details

1. select procedures base on CPT

2. delete missing NPI procedures(can't link to surgeons)

3. delete duplicated claims

4. aggregate cpt_mode (if two cases have same info but diff cpt_mode, aggregate as one case include two cpt_mode code)

UMCSTaR/medicareR documentation built on May 11, 2022, 7:31 p.m.