NAME:		NCH Primary Payer Code (if not Medicare)
 
 
 DESCRIPTION:	The code, on an institutional claim, specifying 
		a federal non-Medicare program or other source 
		that has primary responsibility for the payment 
		of the Medicare beneficiary's health insurance 
		bills.

		The presence of a primary payer code indicates 
		that some other payer besides Medicare covered 
		at least some portion of the charges.
 
 
 SHORT NAME: 	PRPAY_CD

 LONG NAME: 	NCH_PRMRY_PYR_CD
 
 TYPE:		CHAR

 LENGTH:	1
 
 SOURCE: 	NCH

 
 CODE VALUES:	A = 	Employer group health plan (EGHP) insurance 
			  for an aged beneficiary

		B = 	EGHP insurance for an end-stage renal disease 
			  (ESRD) beneficiary

		C = 	Conditional payment by Medicare; future reimbursement 
			  from the Public Health Service (PHS) expected

		D = 	No fault automobile insurance
 
		E = 	Worker's compensation (WC)

		F = 	Public Health Service (PHS) or other Federal agency 
			  (other than VA)

		G = 	Working disabled beneficiary under age 65 with a local 
			  government health plan (LGHP)

		H = 	Black lung (BL) program
 
		I = 	Department of Veteran's Affairs

		L = 	Any liability insurance

		M = 	Override EGHP - Medicare is primary payer

		N = 	Override non-EGHP - Medicare is primary payer
		
		Blank/
		missing = No other primary payer
		 
 

 COMMENT:	-