NAME             TYPE   LENGTH
-------------------------------------   ------
    Patient Discharge Status     CHAR      2
    Code

	The code used to identify the status of the
	patient as of the CLM_THRU_DT.

	SHORT NAME: STUS_CD
	LONG NAME: PTNT_DSCHRG_STUS_CD

	CODES:
	Patient Discharge Status Table
	------------------------------
	01 = Discharged to home/self care (routine
	     charge).
	02 = Discharged/transferred to other short term
	     general hospital for inpatient care.
	03 = Discharged/transferred to skilled
	     nursing facility (SNF) - (For hospitals
	     with an approved swing bed arrangement,
	     use Code 61 - swing bed.  For reporting
	     discharges/transfers to a non-certified
 	     SNF, the hospital must use Code 04 - ICF.
	04 = Discharged/transferred to intermediate
	     care facility (ICF).
	05 = Discharged/transferred to another type
	     of institution for inpatient care (including
	     distinct parts).
	06 = Discharged/transferred to home care of
	     organized home health service organization.
	07 = Left against medical advice or discontinued
	     care.
	08 = Discharged/transferred to home under
	     care of a home IV drug therapy provider.
	09 = Admitted as an inpatient to this
	     hospital (effective 3/1/91).  In situa-
	     tions  where a patient is admitted before
	     midnight of the third day following the
	     day of an outpatient service, the out-
	     patient services are considered inpatient.
	20 = Expired (did not recover - Christian
	     Science patient).
	30 = Still patient.
	40 = Expired at home (hospice claims only)
	41 = Expired in a medical facility such as
	     hospital, SNF, ICF, or freestanding
	     hospice. (Hospice claims only)
	42 = Expired - place unknown (Hospice claims
	     only)
	50 = Hospice - home (eff. 10/96)
	51 = Hospice - medical facility (eff. 10/96)
	61 = Discharged/transferred within this insti-
	     tution to a hospital-based Medicare
	     approved swing bed (to be implemented in
	     1999)
	71 = Discharged/transferred/referred to another
	     institution for outpatient services as
	     specified by the discharge plan of care (to
	     be implemented in 1999).
	72 = Discharged/transferred/referred to this
	     institution for outpatient services as
	     specified by the discharge plan of care
	     (to be implemented in 1999).

	SOURCE:
	CWF