Medicare Status Code - December

SAS Name
MDCR_STATUS_CODE_12

This variable indicates how a beneficiary currently qualifies for Medicare - in December.

Comments

Analysts can use this variable to quickly distinguish between the aged, disabled, and ESRD populations.

This field is coded from age, original reason for entitlement, current reason for entitlement and ESRD indicator contained in the enrollment data base at CMS.

There are 12 monthly variables - where the 01 through 12 at the end of the variable name correspond with the month (e.g., 01 is January and 12 is December).

Source: CMS Common Medicare Environment (CME)

 

Code Code value
00 Not enrolled in Medicare A or B this month
10 Aged without end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
11 Aged with ESRD
20 Disabled without ESRD
21 Disabled with ESRD
31 ESRD only
40 Beneficiary insured due to Part B Immunosuppressive Drug (PBID)