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Data Element Name:  Accommodations Total Non-Covered Charges File Location:  Master, De-Identified
SPARCS Data Element Number:  63
Record Positions:   See Group Definition Format-Length:  N - 10
Effective Date:  1/1/1994 Revision Date:            
Deniable Data Element:  No
Definition:

The charges which were not reimbursable by the primary payer.

Codes and Values:
  1. Must have been right justified and zero filled.

  2. The amount must have been entered in dollars and cents. This amount was defined with TWO implied decimal places and must have been entered as a positive amount.

  3. If this field was not applicable it contains zeros.
Edit Applications:
  1. The sum of individual occurrences of Accommodations Non-Covered Charges (Data Element 88).

  2. If Accommodations Non-Covered Charges was entered, the other related Data Elements listed in the Accommodations Information Group Definition(Data Elements 60-64) must also have been reported.