NAME TYPE LENGTH
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39. MEDPAR Utilization PACK 3
Day Count
The count of the number of covered days of care that are
chargeable to Medicare utilization for the stay.
DB2 ALIAS : UNDEFINED
SAS ALIAS : UTIL_DAY
LENGTH : 5 SIGNED : Y
DERIVATIONS :
This field is derived by accumulating the utilization day
count that is present on any of the claim records
included in the stay (i.e., the sum of utilization days
reported on the claims that comprise the stay).
SOURCE : NCH