Flexible Payment Amount — 7th (placeholder)

SAS Name
IPPS_FLEX_PYMT_7_AMT

This field is a placeholder for a dollar amount to be used for a future policy.

Comments

This field is new in October 2014 (it is not populated). This field only applies to Inpatient claims.

This field is derived by accumulating the Claim IPPS Flexible Payment 7 Amount (CLM-IPPS-FLEX-PMT-7- AMT) that is present on any of the claim records included in the stay (i.e. the sum of the claim IPPS flexible payment 7 amounts reported on the claims that comprise the stay).

Source: NCH