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This variable is contained in the following files:
SAS Name
CLM_UTLZTN_DAY_CNT
On an institutional claim, the number of covered days of care that are chargeable to Medicare facility utilization that includes full days, coinsurance days, and lifetime reserve days.
It excludes any days classified as non-covered, leave of absence days, and the day of discharge or death.
Source: NCH