NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
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 3.   MEDPAR Category             CHAR   2
      Equatable Beneficiary Identification Co
  
 The code which categorizes groups of BICs representing
 similar relationships between the beneficiary and the
 primary wage earner.
  
 The equatable BIC module electronically matches two records
 that contain different BICs where it is apparent that both
 are records for the same beneficiary.  It validates the BIC
 and returns a base BIC under which to house the record in
 the national claims history (NCH) databases.  (All records
 for a beneficiary are stored under a single BIC.)
  
 NOTE:  This field comes from the NCH category base BIC that
 is present on the first claim record included in the
 stay.
  
 DB2      ALIAS : UNDEFINED
 SAS      ALIAS : EQ_BIC
 STANDARD ALIAS : MEDPAR_CTGRY_EQTBL_BIC_CD
  
 LENGTH         : 2
  
 SOURCE         : NCH
  
 CODE TABLE     : CTGRY_EQTBL_BENE_IDENT_TB