Specifies the branch identification code, as assigned by CMS. The identifier consists of 10 digits with the State code as the first two digits, followed by Q (upper case), followed by the last four digits of the current Medicare provider number, and ending with the three-digit CMS-assigned branch number.
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Branch number
property
ID = Identifier
time
RptPeriod = Reporting period
system
Agency
scale
Nom = Nominal: Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
method
CMS Assessment
Additional Names
short name
Branch #; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Assessment; Ident; Identifier; No; Nominal; Num; Report period; Survey