| Data Element: | Pharmacy Location State PCSP908 - 2010-03-16
(Maine) |
Pharmacy State or Province PCSP908 - v1.1
(Maine) |
|---|---|---|
![[Shared]](/images/icons/button-tick_16.png){kind=icon} Data Element ID |
PCSP908 | PCSP908 |
![[Unshared]](/images/icons/red_16.png){kind=icon} Definition |
Pharmacy Location State | This is the two character abbreviation for city as defined by the US Postal Service. This field is derived from PC023 in the pharmacy claims data. |
|
State / Source
|
Maine |
Maine |
| Data Type |
varchar | CHAR |
| Length |
2 | 2 |
| Field Name |
PHARMST | PHARMST |
| Date Required |
Not Supplied | '2004-03-31 |
| REF |
PC023 | Not Supplied |
| Warnings |
Not Supplied | This field is not edited and was not required until 2004. Although the pharmacy location is requested, this field can be populated with the billing location. For a few payers this field contains the state or province of the Pharmacy Benefit Manager and not that of the dispensing pharmacy. |
| Data Element: | Pharmacy Location State PCSP908 - 2010-03-16
(Maine) |
Pharmacy State or Province PCSP908 - v1.1
(Maine) |
|---|---|---|
| There are no enumerated permissible values for these data elements. | ||
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