NAME TYPE LENGTH
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51. MEDPAR Total Pass PACK 4
Through Amount
The total of all claim pass through amounts (rounded to
whole dollars) for the stay.
DB2 ALIAS : UNDEFINED
SAS ALIAS : PASSTHRU
STANDARD ALIAS : MEDPAR_PASS_THRU_AMT
LENGTH : 7 SIGNED : Y
DERIVATIONS :
This field is derived by multiplying the
pass thru per diem amount that is present on the last
claim record included in the stay times the MEDPAR
utilization day count (the sum of the utilization
(covered) days reported on the claims that comprise the
stay).
COMMENTS :
Items reimbursed as pass through include capital-related cos
direct medical education costs, kidney acquisition costs for
hospitals approved as rtc's, and bad debts (per provider
reimbursement manual, part 1, section 2405.2).
The MEDPAR pass thru amount is not included in the MEDPAR
Medicare payment amount.
SOURCE : NCH
EDIT RULES :
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ROUNDED; ON-SIZE (OVERFLOW) SITUATION = ALL NINES