A0600B


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Property Specification
Data System LTCH
Data Specs V2.02.1 - FINAL
Description Medicare/railroad insurance number
Group Asmt
Type Text
Length 12
Fixed Start-End 521-532
Version Notes

Item Subsets
Active LA,LP,LU,LE
Inactive XX
State optional

Item Values
Value LOINC Text
Text Medicare number (or comparable railroad insurance number)
^ Blank (not available or unknown)

Item Edits
Edit ID Type Severity Edit Text
-1004 Format Fatal If the first character is numeric [0 through 9], then the first 9 characters must be digits [0 through 9].
-1005 Format Fatal If the first character is alphabetic, then there must be 1, 2, or 3 alphabetic characters followed by 6 or 9 numbers.
-1017 Format Fatal Formatting of Alphanumeric Text Items:
If this item is not equal to one of the special values (if any) that are listed in the "Item Values" table of the Detailed Data Specifications Report, then it must contain a text string. This text string may contain only the following characters:
a) The numeric characters: [0] through [9].
b) The letters [A] through [Z] and [a] through [z].
-1027 Format Fatal The length of the text submitted for a free-form text item must not exceed the maximum length specified for this item.
-1037 Format Fatal Incorrect Medicare Number or Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI): This item must conform to one of two possible formats, as defined below:

a) MBI format: The MBI shall be eleven characters in length. The first character must be numeric, excluding zero (0). The second, fifth, eighth and ninth characters must be alphabetic, excluding the following letters: S, L, O, I, B, and Z. The fourth, seventh, tenth and eleventh characters must be numeric. The third and sixth characters must be alphabetic (excluding S, L, O, I, B, and Z) or numeric.

b) Medicare Number format: If the first character is numeric [0 through 9] (SSN), then the first 9 characters must be digits [0 through 9]. If the first character is alphabetic (RR insurance number), then there must be 1, 2, or 3 alphabetic characters followed by 6 or 9 numbers.

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