NAME:         	Claim Facility Type Code                    
      
 
 DESCRIPTION:	The type of facility.

 
 SHORT NAME:	FAC_TYPE
 
 LONG NAME: 	CLM_FAC_TYPE_CD

 TYPE:		CHAR 

 LENGTH:	1
 
 SOURCE: 	CWF

 
 CODE VALUES: 	1  = 	Hospital

 		2  = 	Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)

 		3  = 	Home Health Agency (HHA)

 		4  = 	Religious Non-medical (hospital)

 		6  = 	Intermediate Care

 		7  = 	Clinic services or hospital-based renal 
		    	  dialysis facility

 		8  = 	Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) or other 
			  special facility (e.g. hospice)
 
 
 COMMENT:	This field, in combination with the service 
		classification type code (variable called 
		CLM_SRVC_CLSFCTN_TYPE_CD) indicates the “type 
		of bill” for an institutional claim.  Many 
		different types of services can be billed on 
 		a Part A or Part B institutional claim, and 
		knowing the type of bill helps to distinguish 
		them.  

		The type of bill is the concatenation of two 
		variables: 
		-facility type 
		   (CLM_FAC_TYPE_CD) 
		-service classification type 
		   (CLM_SRVC_CLSFCTN_TYPE_CD).