Beneficiary Race Code (Encounter) | ResDAC

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This variable is contained in the following files:

Encounter Skilled Nursing Facility Encounter Outpatient Encounter Inpatient

SAS Name

BENE_RACE_CD

Race code of the beneficiary

Comments

CMS enrollment data is obtained from the source CMS Common Medicare Environment (CME) data.

Source: CMS Encounter Data System (EDS)

Code	Code value
0	UNKNOWN
1	WHITE
2	BLACK
3	OTHER
4	ASIAN
5	HISPANIC
6	NORTH AMERICAN NATIVE