TOTAL MEDICAID COVERED DAYS OF CARE FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR.
(SAS USERS: ZONED DECIMAL - ZD3)
Comments
USER NOTE: THIS DATA ELEMENT COUNTS THE NUMBER OF MEDICAID COVERED INPATIENT DAYS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS, REGARDLESS OF DISCHARGE STATUS.
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, REGARDLESS OF DISCHARGE STATUS.
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.