Variables : Beneficiary Summary

Seq.	Short SAS Name	Long SAS Name	Short Description	Type	Data Length text Data Dictionary	Differs from CMS Denominator
1	BENE_ID	BENE_ID	Encrypted 723 Beneficiary ID	CHAR	15	N/A
2	STATE_CD	STATE_CODE	State Code	CHAR	2	Y
3	CNTY_CD	BENE_COUNTY_CD	County Code	CHAR	3	Y
4	BENE_ZIP	BENE_ZIP_CD	Zip Code of Residence	CHAR	9	Y
5	BENE_DOB	BENE_BIRTH_DT	Date of Birth	DATE	8	Y
6	SEX	BENE_SEX_IDENT_CD	Sex	CHAR	1	Y
7	RACE	BENE_RACE_CD	Beneficiary Race Code	CHAR	1	N
8	AGE	BENE_AGE_AT_END_REF_YR	Age	NUM	3	Y
9	OREC	BENE_ENTLMT_RSN_ORIG	Original Reason for Entitlement Code	CHAR	1	N
10	CREC	BENE_ENTLMT_RSN_CURR	Current Reason for Entitlement Code	CHAR	1	N
11	ESRD IND	BENE_ESRD_IND	ESRD Indicator	CHAR	1	N
12	MS CD	BENE_MDCR_STATUS_CD	Medicare Status Code	CHAR	2	N
13	A TRM CD	BENE_PTA_TRMNTN_CD	Part A Termination Code	CHAR	1	N
14	B TRM CD	BENE_PTB_TRMNTN_CD	Part B Termination Code	CHAR	1	N
15	BUYIN	BENE_MDCR_ENTLMT_BUYIN_IND	Medicare Entitlement/Buy-In Indicator (occurs 12 times)	CHAR	1	Y
16	HMOIND	BENE_HMO_IND	HMO Indicator (occurs 12 times)	CHAR	1	N
17	A MO CNT	BENE_HI_CVRAGE_TOT_MONS	HI Coverage Count	NUM	3	N
18	B MO CNT	BENE_SMI_CVRAGE_TOT_MONS	SMI Coverage Count	NUM	3	N
19	HMO MO	BENE_HMO_CVRAGE_TOT_MONS	Managed Care and Non-FFS Demo Coverage Count	NUM	3	Y
20	BUYIN MO	BENE_STATE_BUYIN_TOT_MONS	State Buy-In Coverage Count	NUM	3	Y
21	V DOD SW	BENE_VALID_DEATH_DT_SW	Valid Date of Death Switch	CHAR	1	N
22	DEATH DT	BENE_DEATH_DT	Date of Death	DATE	8	N
23	RFRNC YR	BENE_ENROLLMT_REF_YR	Beneficiary Enrollment Reference Year	NUM	4	N/A
24	FIVEPCT	FIVE_PERCENT_FLAG	CMS 5% Sample Flag	CHAR	1	N/A
25	EFIVEPCT	ENHANCED_FIVE_PERCENT_FLAG	Enhanced 5% Sample Flag	CHAR	1	N/A
26	CRNT_BIC	CRNT_BIC_CD	Unequated Beneficiary Identification Code	CHAR	2	N/A

(Oct 2007) Archived Beneficiary Summary Data Dictionary

(Jul 2006) Archived Beneficiary Summary Data Dictionary