NCH Segment Link Number

Variable Name :PROVIDER

Label :     Provider Number

The identification number of the institutional provider certified by Medicare to provide services to the beneficiary. 

DB2 ALIAS: PRVDR_NUM 

SAS ALIAS: PROVIDER 

STANDARD ALIAS: PRVDR_NUM 

TITLE ALIAS: PROVIDER_NUMBER 

CODES: REFER TO: PRVDR_NUM_TB IN THE CODES APPENDIX 

SOURCE: OSCAR

Variable Name :DAILY_DT

Label :    NCH Daily Process Date

Effective with Version H, the date the claim record was processed by HCFA's CWFMQA system (used for internal editing purposes). Effective with Version I, this date is used in conjunction with the NCH Segment Link Number to keep claims with multiple records/ segments together. NOTE1: With Version 'H' this field was pop- ulated with data beginning with NCH weekly process date 10/3/97. Under Version 'I' claims prior to 10/3/97, that were blank under Version 'H', were populated with a date. 8 DIGITS UNSIGNED

DB2 ALIAS: NCH_DAILY_PROC_DT

SAS ALIAS: DAILY_DT 

STANDARD ALIAS: NCH_DAILY_PROC_DT 

TITLE ALIAS: DAILY_PROCESS_DT 

EDIT-RULES: YYYYMMDD 

SOURCE: NCH   

Variable Name :LINK_NUM

Label :   NCH Segment Link Number

Effective with Version 'I', the system gen- erated number used in conjunction with the NCH daily process date to keep records/segments belonging to a specific claim together. This field was added to ensure that records/ segments that come in on the same batch with the same identifying information in the link group are not mixed with each other. NOTE: During the Version I conversion this field was populated with data throughout history (back to service year 1991). 9 DIGITS SIGNED 

DB2 ALIAS: NCH_SGMT_LINK_NUM 

SAS ALIAS: LINK_NUM 

STANDARD ALIAS: NCH_SGMT_LINK_NUM 

TITLE ALIAS: LINK_NUM 

SOURCE: NCH