NAME:       	DMERC Line Miles/Time/ Units/Services 
		 (MTUS) Indicator Code

 
 DESCRIPTION:	Code indicating the units associated with 
		services needing unit reporting on the line 
		item for the DMERC service.

 
 SHORT NAME: 	UNIT_IND

 LONG NAME: 	DMERC_LINE_MTUS_CD

 TYPE:		CHAR 
 
 LENGTH: 	1
 
 SOURCE: 	CWF

 
 CODE VALUES:	0  = 	Values reported as zero 	

		1  =	(rarely used)

		2  =	(rarely used)

		3  = 	Number of services

		4  = 	Oxygen volume units

		6  = 	Drug dosage (valid 2004 and earlier)
			Since early 1994 this value has incorrectly 
			been placed on DMERC claims. The DMERCs were 
			overriding the MTUS indicator with a '6' if 
			the claim was submitted with an NDC code.                                
                                                        
			NOTE:  It was recently discovered that this 
			problem has been corrected -- no date on when 
			the correction became effective.


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