FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARD (FIPS) CODE INDICATING THE ELIGIBLE'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE.
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USER NOTE: WHEN SOMEONE HAS CLAIMS BUT NO ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION, THIS DATA ELEMENT IS BLANK.
SOURCE: THIS CODE WAS DERIVED BY USING QUARTERLY OBSERVATIONS OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENCE 'COUNTY-CODE' FROM THE MSIS ELIGIBILITY FILE AND SELECTING THE FIRST MEANINGFUL CODE (NOT 0- OR 9-FILLED) BEGINNING WITH THE OCTOBER TO DECEMBER QUARTER AND MOVING BACKWARDS IN TIME QUARTER BY QUARTER.
USER NOTE: WHEN SOMEONE HAS CLAIMS BUT NO ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION, THIS DATA ELEMENT IS BLANK.
SOURCE: THIS CODE WAS DERIVED BY USING QUARTERLY OBSERVATIONS OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENCE 'COUNTY-CODE' FROM THE MSIS ELIGIBILITY FILE AND SELECTING THE FIRST MEANINGFUL CODE (NOT 0- OR 9-FILLED) BEGINNING WITH THE OCTOBER TO DECEMBER QUARTER AND MOVING BACKWARDS IN TIME QUARTER BY QUARTER.
NOTE: IN MAX 2008, ADDED VALUE BLANK.