NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
 -------------------------------------   ------
 39.  Carrier Number              CHAR   5
       
  
 The identification number assigned by CMS to a
 carrier authorized to process claims from a
 physician or supplier.
  
 Effective July 2006, the Medicare Administrative
 Contractors (MACs) began replacing the existing
 carriers and started processing physician or
 supplier claim records for states assigned
 to its jurisdiction.
  
 NOTE: The 5-position MAC number will be housed in
 the existing CARR_NUM field.  During the transi-
 tion from a carrier to a MAC the CARR_NUM field
 could contain either a Carrier number or a MAC
 number.  See the CARR_NUM table of codes to
 identify the new MAC numbers and their effective
 dates.
  
 DB2      ALIAS : CARR_NUM
 SAS      ALIAS : CARR_NUM
 STANDARD ALIAS : CARR_NUM
 TITLE    ALIAS : CARRIER
  
 LENGTH         : 5
  
 COMMENTS :
 Prior to Version H this field was named:
 FICARR_IDENT_NUM.
  
 SOURCE         : CWF
  
 CODE TABLE     : CARR_NUM_TB