Medicare — SSA Disability Insurance Benefit Dx Primary Impairment Code

This variable is contained in the following files:

Medicare-Medicaid Linked Enrollee Analytic Data Source (MMLEADS) 3.0

SAS Name

MDCR_DIB_PRMRY_IMPRMNT_CD

This variable is the disability primary impairment diagnosis code from the Social Security Administration (SSA). The SSA groups diagnoses into categories.

Comments

Note that these are not ICD-10 (or ICD-9) diagnosis codes. Reference the SSA website: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0426510015

CMS obtains information regarding SSA disability benefits and stores it as part of the Common Medicare Environment (CME) database.

Value: 0001-9999 (e.g., 2960), or null/missing

Source: CMS SSA tables