NAME TYPE LENGTH
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68. MEDPAR Ward Charge PACK 4
Amount
The charge amount (rounded to whole dollars) for ward
accommodations related to a beneficiary's stay.
DB2 ALIAS : UNDEFINED
SAS ALIAS : WARDAMT
STANDARD ALIAS : MEDPAR_WARD_CHRG_AMT
LENGTH : 7 SIGNED : Y
DERIVATIONS :
This field is derived by accumulating the revenue center
total charge amount associated with revenue center
code 015x from all claim records included in the stay.
Exception for SNF rugs demo eff 3/96 SNF update:
field is derived from revenue center codes
in the 9000-9018 series.
SOURCE : NCH
EDIT RULES :
+$$$$$$$
ROUNDED; ON-SIZE (OVERFLOW) SITUATION = ALL NINES