Home Health Claim Record

Variable Name : BID

Label :Beneficiary Identification Number 

Beneficiary Identification Number for this data request  

Variable Name : REC_LEN

Label : Record Length Count

Effective with Version H, the count (in bytes) of the length of the claim record. 

NOTE: During the Version H conversion this field was populated with data throughout history (back to service year 1991). 

5 DIGITS SIGNED 

DB2 ALIAS: 

REC_LNGTH_CNT 

SAS ALIAS: REC_LEN 

STANDARD ALIAS: 

REC_LNGTH_CNT 

SOURCE: NCH

Variable Name : REC_LVL

Label :  NCH Near-Line Record Version Code

The code indicating the record version of the Nearline file where the institutional, carrier or DMERC claims data are stored.

DB2 ALIAS: NCH_REC_VRSN_CD 

SAS ALIAS: REC_LVL 

STANDARD ALIAS: NCH_NEAR_LINE_REC_VRSN_CD 

TITLE ALIAS: NCH_VERSION

 CODES:

A = Record format as of January 1991

B = Record format as of April 1991 

C = Record format as of May 1991 

D = Record format as of January 1992 

E = Record format as of March 1992 

F = Record format as of May 1992 

G = Record format as of October 1993 

H = Record format as of September 1998 

I = Record format as of July 2000 

COMMENT: 

Prior to Version H this field was named: CLM_NEAR_LINE_REC_VRSN_CD. SOURCE: NCH 

Variable Name : RIC_CD

Label :  NCH Near Line Record Identification Code

A code defining the type of claim record being processed. 

COMMON ALIAS: RIC 

DB2 ALIAS: NEAR_LINE_RIC_CD 

SAS ALIAS: RIC_CD 

STANDARD ALIAS: NCH_NEAR_LINE_RIC_CD 

TITLE ALIAS: RIC 

CODES: REFER TO: NCH_NEAR_LINE_RIC_TB IN THE CODES APPENDIX  

COMMENT: Prior to Version H this field was named: RIC_CD. SOURCE: NCH