STATE SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY CODE CLASSIFICATION UNDER WHICH THE MEDICAID ELIGIBLE IS COVERED - MOST RECENT OBSERVATION.
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USER NOTES: THESE SOURCE CODES ARE GENERALLY NOT APPLICABLE FOR MOST RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. THE DATA ELEMENT CHANGES OVER TIME, VARIES ACROSS STATES IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL AND TYPE OF ELIGIBILITY DESCRIBED, REQUIRES A DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIRES AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IDIOSYNCRACIES OF INDIVIDUAL STATE ELIGIBILITY SYSTEMS. THESE CODES HAVE BEEN MAPPED INTO MAX UNIFORM ELIGIBILITY CODES. THEREFORE, MOST USERS WILL WANT TO USE MAX UNIFORM ELIGIBILITY CODES. THROUGH 9/98 THIS DATA ELEMENT WAS 4 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH AND IS LEFTJUSTIFIED AND BLANK FILLED (TWO RIGHT POSITIONS). BEGINNING IN 10/98, IT IS 6 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. THIS CODE VALUE IS APPENDED TO EACH RECORD FOR THE ELIGIBLE PERSON, FROM THE MAX PERSON SUMMARY FILE. THEREFORE, THIS CODE MAY NOT MATCH THE ELIGIBILITY GROUP IN WHICH THE PERSON WAS ENROLLED IN THE MONTH THE SERVICE WAS DELIVERED. FOR THIS REASON, SOME USERS MAY WANT TO USE THE STATE-SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY CODE FROM THE MAX PERSON SUMMARY FILE.
SOURCE: THIS CODE WAS DERIVED BY USING MONTHLY OBSERVATIONS OF THE 'STATE-SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY GROUP' FROM THE MAX PERSON SUMMARY FILE AND SELECTING THE FIRST MEANINGFUL CODE (NOT 0- OR 9-FILLED) BEGINNING WITH DECEMBER AND MOVING BACKWARDS IN TIME MONTH BY MONTH. IT HAS NOT BEEN RECODED FROM THE MAX PERSON SUMMARY FILE.
USER NOTES: THESE SOURCE CODES ARE GENERALLY NOT APPLICABLE FOR MOST RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. THE DATA ELEMENT CHANGES OVER TIME, VARIES ACROSS STATES IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL AND TYPE OF ELIGIBILITY DESCRIBED, REQUIRES A DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIRES AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IDIOSYNCRACIES OF INDIVIDUAL STATE ELIGIBILITY SYSTEMS. THESE CODES HAVE BEEN MAPPED INTO MAX UNIFORM ELIGIBILITY CODES. THEREFORE, MOST USERS WILL WANT TO USE MAX UNIFORM ELIGIBILITY CODES. THROUGH 9/98 THIS DATA ELEMENT WAS 4 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH AND IS LEFTJUSTIFIED AND BLANK FILLED (TWO RIGHT POSITIONS). BEGINNING IN 10/98, IT IS 6 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. THIS CODE VALUE IS APPENDED TO EACH RECORD FOR THE ELIGIBLE PERSON, FROM THE MAX PERSON SUMMARY FILE. THEREFORE, THIS CODE MAY NOT MATCH THE ELIGIBILITY GROUP IN WHICH THE PERSON WAS ENROLLED IN THE MONTH THE SERVICE WAS DELIVERED. FOR THIS REASON, SOME USERS MAY WANT TO USE THE STATE-SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY CODE FROM THE MAX PERSON SUMMARY FILE.
SOURCE: THIS CODE WAS DERIVED BY USING MONTHLY OBSERVATIONS OF THE 'STATE-SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY GROUP' FROM THE MAX PERSON SUMMARY FILE AND SELECTING THE FIRST MEANINGFUL CODE (NOT 0- OR 9-FILLED) BEGINNING WITH DECEMBER AND MOVING BACKWARDS IN TIME MONTH BY MONTH. IT HAS NOT BEEN RECODED FROM THE MAX PERSON SUMMARY FILE.