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
  
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 ROUNDED; ON-SIZE (OVERFLOW) SITUATION = ALL NINES