Ward Day Count

SAS Name
WARD_DAY_CNT

The count of the number of ward care days used by the beneficiary for the stay.

Comments

This field is derived by accumulating the revenue center unit count associated with accommodation revenue center code 015x from all claim records included in the stay.

Exception for SNF RUGs demonstration eff. 3/96 SNF update: field is derived from revenue center codes in the 9000-9018 series.

Source: MedPAR (derived)