Physical Therapy Charge Amount ($)

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This variable is contained in the following files:

Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR)

SAS Name

PHYS_THRPY_CHRG_AMT

The charge amount (rounded to whole dollars) for physical therapy services provided during the beneficiary's stay.

NOTE: Effective with MEDPAR2000 expansion, all amount fields were expanded from S9(7) to S9(9).

Comments

This field is derived by accumulating the revenue center total charge amount associated with revenue center code 042X from all claim records included in the stay.

Source: MedPAR (derived)