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47. MEDPAR DRG Outlier PACK 4
Approved Payment Amount
The amount of additional payment (rounded to whole dollars)
approved due to an outlier situation over the DRG allowance
for the stay.
DB2 ALIAS : UNDEFINED
SAS ALIAS : OUTLRAMT
STANDARD ALIAS : MEDPAR_DRG_OUTLIER_PMT_AMT
LENGTH : 7 SIGNED : Y
DERIVATIONS :
This field is derived by accumulating the DRG outlier
approved payment amount (value code = 17 amount) that is
present on any of the claim records included in the stay
(i.e., the sum of outlier amounts reported on the claims
that comprise the stay).
COMMENTS :
THIS AMOUNT IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE MEDPAR
MEDICARE PAYMENT AMOUNT.
SOURCE : NCH
EDIT RULES :
+$$$$$$$
ROUNDED; ON-SIZE (OVERFLOW) SITUATION = ALL NINES