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
