Beneficiary Race Code (Encounter)

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