NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
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 28.  MEDPAR Admission            PACK   4
      Date
  
 The date the beneficiary was admitted for Inpatient care or
 the date that care started.
  
 NOTE:  This field comes from the admission date that is
 present on the first claim record included in the
 stay.
  
 DB2      ALIAS : UNDEFINED
 SAS      ALIAS : ADMSNDT
 STANDARD ALIAS : MEDPAR_ADMSN_DT
  
 LENGTH         : 7    SIGNED : Y
  
 SOURCE         : NCH
  
 EDIT RULES :
 YYYYDDD