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All Payer Claims: Data Element Comparison

Selected Items

Action	Name	Data Element ID	Version	State/Organization
	Patient Zip Code	5	February 20, 2013	Maryland
	Patient Zip Code+4-digit add-on	5	September 13, 2013	Maryland
	Patient Zip Code+4-digit add-on	5	January 9, 2014	Maryland

Identifying Attributes

Data Element:	Patient Zip Code 5 - February 20, 2013 (Maryland)	Patient Zip Code+4-digit add-on 5 - September 13, 2013 (Maryland)	Patient Zip Code+4-digit add-on 5 - January 9, 2014 (Maryland)
Data Element ID	5	5	5
Definition	Zip code of patient's residence.	Zip code of patient's residence.	Zip code of patient's residence.
State / Source	Maryland	Maryland	Maryland
Data Type	numeric	numeric	numeric
Length	5	10	10
Threshold	99%	99%	99%
COMAR	10.25.06.07.C.(4)	Not Supplied	Not Supplied
End	31	36	36
Field Contents	5-digit US Postal Service code	5-digit US Postal Service code plus 4-digit add-on code.	5-digit US Postal Service code plus 4-digit add-on code.
Start	27	27	27

Codes Comparison

Data Element:	Patient Zip Code 5 - February 20, 2013 (Maryland)	Patient Zip Code+4-digit add-on 5 - September 13, 2013 (Maryland)	Patient Zip Code+4-digit add-on 5 - January 9, 2014 (Maryland)
There are no enumerated permissible values for these data elements.

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