NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
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 7.   MEDPAR Beneficiary          CHAR   2
      Medicare Status Code
  
 The CWF-derived reason for a beneficiary's entitlement to
 Medicare benefits, as of the reference date (CLM_THRU_DT).
  
 DB2      ALIAS : UNDEFINED
 SAS      ALIAS : MS_CD
 STANDARD ALIAS : MEDPAR_BENE_MDCR_STUS_CD
  
 LENGTH         : 2
  
 DERIVATIONS :
 CWF derives MSC from the following:
 1.  Date of birth
 2.  Claim through date
 3.  Original/Current reasons for entitlement
 4.  ESRD indicator
 5.  Beneficiary claim number
  
 Items 1,3,4,5 come from the CWF beneficiary
 master record; Item 2 comes from the FI/Carrier
 claim record.  MSC is assigned as follows:
  
 MSC   OASI   DIB    ESRD       AGE       BIC
 _____ ______ _____  ______     _____     _____
 10    YES    N/A    NO     65 AND OVER   N/A
 11    YES    N/A    YES    65 AND OVER   N/A
 20    NO     YES    NO     UNDER 65      N/A
 21    NO     YES    YES    UNDER 65      N/A
 31    NO     NO     YES    ANY AGE       T.
  
 SOURCE         : NCH
  
 CODE TABLE     : BENE_MDCR_STUS_TB