New or refill indicator

SAS Name
NEW_REFILL_IND

INDICATOR SHOWING WHETHER THE PRESCRIPTION BEING FILLED WAS A NEW PRESCRIPTION OR A REFILL. IF IT WAS A REFILL, THE INDICATOR WILL IDENTIFY HOW MANY TIMES IT WAS REFILLED.

Comments

USER NOTE: SINCE THIS DATA ELEMENT MAY BE MISSING FOR SOME RECORDS, USERS EXAMINE FREQUENCY DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF NONREPORTING. IN ADDITION, THERE MAY BE INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY THIS PRESCRIPTION AS A REFILL, BUT THE NUMBER OF THE REFILL MAY NOT BE KNOWN. IN THESE INSTANCES VALUE = 1 MAY BE A DEFAULT WHEN THE NUMBER OF THE REFILL IS UNKNOWN. FREQUENCY DATA WILL SHOW WHETHER CODE VALUES > 1 ARE BEING USED FOR DATA FROM A GIVEN STATE.

SOURCE: MSIS CLAIMS FILE: 'NEW-REFILL-INDICATOR'.

Code Code value
00 NEW PRESCRIPTION
1-98 NUMBER OF THE REFILL
99 UNKNOWN