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87. MEDPAR Laboratory PACK 4
Charge Amount
The charge amount (rounded to whole dollars) for laboratory
costs related to the beneficiary's stay.
DB2 ALIAS : UNDEFINED
SAS ALIAS : LAB_AMT
STANDARD ALIAS : MEDPAR_LAB_CHRG_AMT
LENGTH : 7 SIGNED : Y
DERIVATIONS :
This field is derived by accumulating the revenue center
total charge amount associated with revenue center codes
030x, 031x, 074x, and 075x from all claim records
included in the stay.
SOURCE : NCH
EDIT RULES :
+$$$$$$$
ROUNDED; ON-SIZE (OVERFLOW) SITUATION = ALL NINES