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id Physical Name Logical Name Description Category
1 AGE Age Age of patient N/A
1 ALLOW_AMT Allowed Amount Used by the FI. Of the amount billed on the claim, the amount allowed to be considered for payment. Allowed amount generally determined by a contract with the provider. N/A
1 AUTH_FAC_CD Authorizing Facility Facility that authorized the vendor to provide services to the patient. 21.0000
1 AUTH_NBR Authorization Number A number comprised of two elements derived from the Purchase Order Identification Number (PO_NBR). A 2-digit fiscal year and a 5-digit sequential number assigned to purchase documents to be charged to each issuing facility. 21.0000
1 BILL_AMT Billed Amount Used by the FI. Amount billed by the provider for the service rendered. N/A
1 BILL_TP_CODE Type of Bill Type of bill from the UB92 (HCFA1450) form. The first character (type of facility) is utilized by the FI to determine whether the record is sent to the DW as inpatient or outpatient. N/A
1 BLANKET_PO_IND Blanket Purchase Order Indicator Indicates whether this is a blanket purchase order. A blanket purchase order applies to an undesignated number of actual claims. N/A
1 CFI_ATND_PHYS_CD CFI Attending Physician Code Used by the FI. Attending physician. N/A
1 CFI_DISCH_TP_CD FI Discharge Type Code CHS FI discharge code for this hospital visit. This is an FI-specific set of discharge codes. N/A
1 CFI_OVERRIDE CFI Override Used by the FI, unknown purpose. N/A
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