NAME TYPE LENGTH
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54. MEDPAR Total Charge PACK 4
Amount
The total amount (rounded to whole dollars) of all charges
(covered and noncovered) for all services provided to the
beneficiary for the stay.
DB2 ALIAS : UNDEFINED
SAS ALIAS : TOTCHRG
STANDARD ALIAS : MEDPAR_TOT_CHRG_AMT
LENGTH : 7 SIGNED : Y
DERIVATIONS :
This field is derived by accumulating the total charge
amount from all claim records included in the stay (i.e.,
the sum of total charges reported on the claims that
comprise the stay).
SOURCE : NCH
EDIT RULES :
+$$$$$$$
ROUNDED; ON-SIZE (OVERFLOW) SITUATION = ALL NINES