TOTAL MEDICAID COVERED DAYS OF CARE FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL DISCHARGES, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR.
(SAS USERS: ZONED DECIMAL - ZD3)
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USER NOTE: THIS DATA ELEMENT COUNTS THE NUMBER OF MEDICAID COVERED INPATIENT DAYS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS WITH A PATIENT STATUS CODE OTHER THAN VALUE = 09, 30 OR 99 (ONLY RECORDS FROM THE HOSPITAL FILE WHERE THE PATIENT STATUS CODE INDICATES THAT THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED). SINCE SOME COMPLETED STAYS MAY NOT HAVE A PATIENT STATUS OF DISCHARGED (VALUE OTHER THAN = 09, 30 OR 99), DUE TO INCOMPLETE REPORTING, THIS COUNT MAY DIFFER FROM THE COUNT IN 'RECIPIENT TOTAL INPATIENT COVERED DAY COUNT (FOR STAYS)'.
NOTE: IN MAX 2006, THIS SPECIFICATION WAS UPDATED.
SOURCE: CREATED USING MEDICAID-COVERED INPATIENT DAYS FROM MAX INPATIENT HOSPITAL RECORDS. AS THIS COUNT IS BEING AGGREGATED ACROSS THE IP CLAIM RECORDS, IF THE CLAIM IS A MEDICARE CROSSOVER CLAIM OR THE CLAIM IS PART OF A HOSPITAL STAY THAT HAS A MEDICARE CROSSOVER CLAIM, THE MEDICAID-COVERED INPATIENT DAYS IS RECODED TO 0 ON THE CLAIM(S) IN THAT STAY.
USER NOTE: THIS DATA ELEMENT COUNTS THE NUMBER OF MEDICAID COVERED INPATIENT DAYS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS WITH A PATIENT STATUS CODE OTHER THAN VALUE = 09, 30 OR 99 (ONLY RECORDS FROM THE HOSPITAL FILE WHERE THE PATIENT STATUS CODE INDICATES THAT THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED). SINCE SOME COMPLETED STAYS MAY NOT HAVE A PATIENT STATUS OF DISCHARGED (VALUE OTHER THAN = 09, 30 OR 99), DUE TO INCOMPLETE REPORTING, THIS COUNT MAY DIFFER FROM THE COUNT IN 'RECIPIENT TOTAL INPATIENT COVERED DAY COUNT (FOR STAYS)'.
NOTE: IN MAX 2006, THIS SPECIFICATION WAS UPDATED.
SOURCE: CREATED USING MEDICAID-COVERED INPATIENT DAYS FROM MAX INPATIENT HOSPITAL RECORDS. AS THIS COUNT IS BEING AGGREGATED ACROSS THE IP CLAIM RECORDS, IF THE CLAIM IS A MEDICARE CROSSOVER CLAIM OR THE CLAIM IS PART OF A HOSPITAL STAY THAT HAS A MEDICARE CROSSOVER CLAIM, THE MEDICAID-COVERED INPATIENT DAYS IS RECODED TO 0 ON THE CLAIM(S) IN THAT STAY.