NTDS Data Dictionary 2021 Admissions
The National Trauma Data Standard (NTDS) Data
Dictionary is designed to establish a national standard for the exchange of
trauma registry data and to serve as the operational definitions for the
American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) and the
Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP). It is expected-and encouraged-that
local and state trauma registry committees will move towards extending and/or
modifying their registries to adopt NTDS-based definitions. The data, which are
submitted according to this standard, are used for all NTDB and TQIP reports,
and the NTDS Data Dictionary is an essential abstraction tool for all
ACS-verified trauma centers, as well as for NTDB and TQIP participants. This
version of the NTDS Data Dictionary is applicable to patients with a 2021
admission year.