NAME TYPE LENGTH
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51. Claim Principal CHAR 5
Diagnosis Code
The ICD-9-CM diagnosis code identifying the diagnosis,
condition, problem or other reason for the
admission/encounter/visit shown in the medical record to be
chiefly responsible for the services provided.
NOTE: Effective with Version H, this data is also
redundantly stored as the first occurrence of the diagnosis
trailer.
DB2 ALIAS : PRNCPAL_DGNS_CD
SAS ALIAS : PDGNS_CD
STANDARD ALIAS : CLM_PRNCPAL_DGNS_CD
TITLE ALIAS : PRINCIPAL_DIAGNOSIS
LENGTH : 5
SOURCE : CWF
EDIT RULES :
ICD-9-CM