NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
------------------------------------   ------
10. NCH Category Equatable       CHAR      2
   Beneficiary Identification
   Code

The code categorizing 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.)

COMMON ALIAS: NCH_BASE_CATEGORY_BIC
DB2 ALIAS: CTGRY_EQTBL_BIC
SAS ALIAS: EQ_BIC
STANDARD ALIAS: NCH_CTGRY_EQTBL_BIC_CD
TITLE ALIAS: EQUATED_BIC

CODES:

Category Equatable Beneficiary Identification Code (BIC) Table
--------------------------------------------------------------

NCH BIC              SSA Categories
-------              --------------
A  = A;J1;J2;J3;J4;M;M1;T;TA
B  = B;B2;B6;D;D4;D6;E;E1;K1;K2;K3;K4;W;W6;TB(F);TD(F);TE(F);TW(F)
B1 = B1;BR;BY;D1;D5;DC;E4;E5;W1;WR;TB(M);TD(M);TE(M);TW(M)
B3 = B3;B5;B9;D2;D7;D9;E2;E3;K5;K6;K7;K8;W2;W7;TG(F);TL(F);TR(F);TX(F)
B4 = B4;BT;BW;D3;DM;DP;E6;E9;W3;WT;TG(M);TL(M);TR(M);TX(M)
B8 = B8;B7;BN;D8;DA;DV;E7;EB;K9;KA;KB;KC;W4;W8;TH(F);TM(F);TS(F);TY(F)
BA = BA;BK;BP;DD;DL;DW;E8;EC;KD;KE;KF;KG;W9;WC;TJ(F);TN(F);TT(F);TZ(F)
BD = BD;BL;BQ;DG;DN;DY;EA;ED;KH;KJ;KL;KM;WF;WJ;TK(F);TP(F);TU(F);TV(F)
BG = BG;DH;DQ;DS;EF;EJ;W5;TH(M);TM(M);TS(M);TY(M)
BH = BH;DJ;DR;DX;EG;EK;WB;TJ(M);TN(M);TT(M);TZ(M)
BJ = BJ;DK;DT;DZ;EH;EM;WG;TK(M);TP(M);TU(M);TV(M)
C1 = C1;TC
C2 = C2;T2
C3 = C3;T3
C4 = C4;T4
C5 = C5;T5
C6 = C6;T6
C7 = C7;T7
C8 = C8;T8
C9 = C9;T9
F1 = F1;TF
F2 = F2;TQ
F3-F8 = Equatable only to itself (e.g., F3 IS equatable to F3)
CA-CZ = Equatable only to itself.  (e.g., CA is only equatable to CA)

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               RRB Categories
10 = 10
11 = 11
13 = 13;17
14 = 14;16
15 = 15
43 = 43
45 = 45
46 = 46
80 = 80
83 = 83
84 = 84;86
85 = 85

COMMENT:
Prior to Version H this field was named:
CTGRY_EQTBL_BENE_IDENT_CD.

SOURCE:
BIC EQUATE MODULE