STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #363.31 -- BILLING REGION FILE                                                           9/29/25    PAGE 1
STORED IN ^IBE(363.31,  (2 ENTRIES)   SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM   UCI: VISTA,VISTA                                     (VERSION 2.0)   

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A Billing Region is an area defined by a Billing Rate as having a unique set of charges.  This may correspond to one or more
divisions.  
 
Each Billing Rate may have multiple regions and each region may cover one or more divisions.  


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POINTED TO BY: REGION field (#.07) of the CHARGE SET File (#363.1) 
               

CROSS
REFERENCED BY: INSTITUTION(AB), REGION(B)



363.31,.01    REGION                 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3)!'(X'?1P.E) X
              LAST EDITED:      FEB 11, 1999 
              HELP-PROMPT:      Answer must be 3-30 characters in length. 
              DESCRIPTION:      Descriptive name of an area defined by one set of charges for a rate.  This area may contain one or
                                more divisions.  

              CROSS-REFERENCE:  363.31^B 
                                1)= S ^IBE(363.31,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                2)= K ^IBE(363.31,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)


363.31,.02    IDENTIFIER             0;2 FREE TEXT

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<1) X
              LAST EDITED:      SEP 08, 2000 
              HELP-PROMPT:      Answer must be 1-10 characters in length. 
              DESCRIPTION:      This uniquely identifies a region for a specific Billing Rate and defines the smallest geographic
                                area for which charges are created for that Rate.  
                                 
                                For Reasonable Charges, this identifier is the 3-digit zip code of the region's primary site.  


363.31,.03    TYPE                   0;3 FREE TEXT

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>10!($L(X)<1) X
              LAST EDITED:      OCT 28, 2003 
              HELP-PROMPT:      Answer must be 1-10 characters in length. 
              DESCRIPTION:      This identifies the type of facility for the divisions assigned to the region.  For Reasonable
                                Charges these include: 1 - Provider based with Inpatient care, 2 - Provider based with Outpatient
                                care only, 3 - Non-Provider based Outpatient care.  


363.31,11     DIVISION               11;0 POINTER Multiple #363.3111


363.3111,.01    DIVISION               0;1 POINTER TO MEDICAL CENTER DIVISION FILE (#40.8) (Multiply asked)

                LAST EDITED:      JUL 24, 1996 
                HELP-PROMPT:      Enter a division covered by this region. 
                DESCRIPTION:      Each region covered by a rate may contain one or more divisions.  Enter the divisions contained
                                  within this region.  

                CROSS-REFERENCE:  363.3111^B 
                                  1)= S ^IBE(363.31,DA(1),11,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                  2)= K ^IBE(363.31,DA(1),11,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)




363.31,21     INSTITUTION            21;0 POINTER Multiple #363.3121 (Add New Entry without Asking)


363.3121,.01    INSTITUTION            0;1 POINTER TO INSTITUTION FILE (#4) (Multiply asked)

                LAST EDITED:      AUG 20, 1999 
                DESCRIPTION:      This pointer to the institution file (#4) is currently used only for Transfer Pricing.  It would
                                  be either another VA facility or a VISN.  This would identify Charge Sets with whom the local
                                  facility or VISN has negotiated rates.  

                CROSS-REFERENCE:  363.3121^B 
                                  1)= S ^IBE(363.31,DA(1),21,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                  2)= K ^IBE(363.31,DA(1),21,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)

                CROSS-REFERENCE:  363.31^AB 
                                  1)= S ^IBE(363.31,"AB",$E(X,1,30),DA(1),DA)=""
                                  2)= K ^IBE(363.31,"AB",$E(X,1,30),DA(1),DA)





      FILES POINTED TO                      FIELDS

INSTITUTION (#4)                  INSTITUTION:INSTITUTION (#.01)

MEDICAL CENTER DIVISION (#40.8)   DIVISION:DIVISION (#.01)



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