DMERC Line Miles/Time/Units/Services (MTUS) Indicator Code

This variable is contained in the following files:

SAS Name

DMERC_LINE_MTUS_CD

Code indicating the units associated with services needing unit reporting on the line item for the DMERC service.

Source: NCH

Code	Code value
0	Values reported as zero
1	(rarely used)
2	(rarely used)
3	Number of services
4	Oxygen volume units
6	Drug dosage (valid 2004 and earlier) — since early 1994 this value has incorrectly been placed on DMERC claims. The DMERCs were overriding the MTUS indicator with a "6" if the claim was submitted with an NDC code. NOTE: This problem has been corrected — no date on when the correction became effective.