NCH Beneficiary Discharge Date

SAS Name
NCH_BENE_DSCHRG_DT

On an inpatient or Home Health claim, the date the beneficiary was discharged from the facility, or died.

Date matches the "thru" date on the claim (CLM_THRU_DT) unless the beneficiary is still a patient (i.e., this field is not populated if discharge status code [PTNT_DSCHRG_STUS_CD]= 30 [still a patient]). When there is a discharge date, the PTNT_DSCHRG_STUS_CD indicates the final disposition of the patient after discharge.

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Source: NCH QA Process