UNITED STATES POSTAL ZIP CODE OF THE MEDICAID ELIGIBLE'S RESIDENCE.
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USER NOTE: MSIS VALIDATION ACTIVITIES WILL ACCEPT 0-FILLED RECORDS, SO FOR MAX, IF THE MSIS RECORD IS EITHER 0-FILLED OR BLANK-FILLED, THE MAX VALUE SHOULD BE RECODED AS 9-FILLED ('99999').
USER NOTE: WHEN SOMEONE HAS CLAIMS BUT NO ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION, THIS DATA ELEMENT IS 0-FILLED.
NOTE: IN MAX 2005, THE LENGTH OF THIS VARIABLE WAS CHANGED FROM 9 TO 5.
NOTE: IN MAX 2008, A CLARIFICATION NOTE WAS ADDED ABOUT THE VALUE ASSIGNED WHEN SOMEONE HAS CLAIMS BUT NO ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION.
SOURCE: THIS CODE WAS DERIVED BY USING QUARTERLY OBSERVATIONS OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENCE 'ZIP-CODE' FROM THE MSIS ELIGIBILITY FILE AND SELECTING THE FIRST MEANINGFUL CODE (NOT 0- OR 9-FILLED) BEGINNING WITH OCTOBER TO DECEMBER QUARTER AND MOVING BACKWARDS IN TIME QUARTER BY QUARTER
USER NOTE: MSIS VALIDATION ACTIVITIES WILL ACCEPT 0-FILLED RECORDS, SO FOR MAX, IF THE MSIS RECORD IS EITHER 0-FILLED OR BLANK-FILLED, THE MAX VALUE SHOULD BE RECODED AS 9-FILLED ('99999').
USER NOTE: WHEN SOMEONE HAS CLAIMS BUT NO ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION, THIS DATA ELEMENT IS 0-FILLED.
NOTE: IN MAX 2005, THE LENGTH OF THIS VARIABLE WAS CHANGED FROM 9 TO 5.
NOTE: IN MAX 2008, A CLARIFICATION NOTE WAS ADDED ABOUT THE VALUE ASSIGNED WHEN SOMEONE HAS CLAIMS BUT NO ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION.
SOURCE: THIS CODE WAS DERIVED BY USING QUARTERLY OBSERVATIONS OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENCE 'ZIP-CODE' FROM THE MSIS ELIGIBILITY FILE AND SELECTING THE FIRST MEANINGFUL CODE (NOT 0- OR 9-FILLED) BEGINNING WITH OCTOBER TO DECEMBER QUARTER AND MOVING BACKWARDS IN TIME QUARTER BY QUARTER