Ward Charge Amount ($)

SAS Name
WARD_CHRG_AMT

The charge amount (rounded to whole dollars) for ward accommodations related to a beneficiary's stay.

Comments

This field is derived by accumulating the revenue center total charge amount associated with revenue center code 015x from all claim records included in the stay.

Exception for SNF RUGs demonstration eff. 3/96 SNF update: field is derived from revenue center codes in the 9000-9018 series.

Source: MedPAR (derived)