NAME:		NCH Claim Type Code                          	
      
 
 DESCRIPTION:	The type of claim that was submitted.  There are 
		different claim types for each major category of 
		health care provider.



   
 SHORT NAME: 	CLM_TYPE
 
 LONG NAME:	NCH_CLM_TYPE_CD
 
 TYPE:		CHAR

 LENGTH: 	2 
  
 SOURCE: 	NCH

 
 CODE VALUES: 	10 = 	Home Health Agency (HHA) claim

		20 = 	Non swing bed Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) claim

		30 = 	Swing bed SNF claim

		40 = 	Hospital Outpatient claim

		50 = 	Hospice claim

		60 = 	Inpatient claim

		71 = 	Local carrier non-durable medical equipment, 
			   prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) claim

		72 = 	Local carrier DMEPOS claim

		81 = 	Durable medical equipment regional carrier (DMERC); 
			   non-DMEPOS claim

		82 = 	DMERC; DMEPOS claim
 

 COMMENT:	This variable may not always indicate the type of 
		service performed; for example, when the claim type 
		code = 60 (inpatient), the services may actually be 
		for post-actute care.  Additional information 
		regarding the type of service on the claim can be 
 		found in a CCW Technical Guidance document entitled: 
		"Getting Started with Medicare data"