Language code (from Medicare EDB)

SAS Name
MDCR_LANG_CD

CODE INDICATING THE LANGUAGE SSA USES FOR BENEFICIARY NOTICES.

NOTE: IN MAX 2008, A CLARIFICATION NOTE WAS ADDED ABOUT THE VALUE ASSIGNED WHEN SOMEONE HAS CLAIMS BUT NO ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION.

Comments

USER NOTE: WHEN SOMEONE HAS CLAIMS BUT NO ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION, THIS DATA ELEMENT IS BLANK. 

Code Code value
C CHINESE
D GERMAN
E ENGLISH
F FRENCH
G GREEK
I ITALIAN
J JAPANESE
N NORWEGIAN
P POLISH
R RUSSIAN
S SPANISH
V SWEDISH
W SERBO-CROATIAN
BLANK UNKNOWN, PRESUME ENGLISH