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MDS

1.30 Correction 3

Submission body record

Medicare number (or comparable number)

b. Medicare Number (or comparable railroad insurance number)

12

207

218

A,AM,AO,Y,YM,YO,Q,QM,QO,O,OM,OO,D,R

X

X(12)

TEXT

Valid code,sp(12),-(12)

*1. If there is a dash (-) present, then the field must be dash-filled with 12 dashes.
*2. No embedded spaces.
3. Any letters must be upper case.
4. Left justified.
5. Enter the Medicare number or railroad insurance number for the resident without any extra characters. DO NOT PLACE THE LETTER C IN FRONT OF A RAILROAD INSURANCE NUMBER.

*1. See AA5a consistency note #1.

*2. If the first character is numeric, then the first 9 characters must be digits (0-9).

*3 If the first character is a C, it must be at least 2 characters long (the C and one or more other characters).

*4. If the first character is a letter, but not a C, then there must 1-3 alphabetic characters followed by 6 or 9 numbers followed by spaces up to the field length of 12.

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