Date beneficiary was discharged or died

SAS Name
DSCHRG_DT

The date on which the beneficiary was discharged or died. 

Comments

This field comes from the highest claim thru date that is present on the claim records included in the stay, where the claim status code is other than '30' (still patient) on the last claim record included in the stay.

Inpatient claims will always have a discharge date; SNF claims could have a zero date.

Source: NCH