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Variable: MS_CD

Medicare Status Code

Description

This variable indicates how a beneficiary currently qualifies for Medicare.

Comment

Analysts can use this variable to quickly distinguish between the aged, disabled, and ESRD populations. This field is coded from age, original reason for entitlement, current reason for entitlement and ESRD contained in the enrollment data base at CMS at the date of processing.

Values

This variable is coded, and will contain one of the following values.

Values for
Value Description
10 Aged without end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
11 Aged with ESRD
20 Disabled without ESRD
21 Disabled with ESRD
31 ESRD only

Other Info

Some additional information on this variable:

  • Short Name: MS_CD
  • Long Name: BENE_MDCR_STATUS_CD
  • Type: CHAR
  • Length: 2
  • Source: CMS Enrollment Database (EDB) (derived by CMS)
  • Value Format:

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