NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
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 23.  NCH Segment Link            PACK   5
      Number
  
 Effective with Version 'I', the system gen-
 erated number used in conjunction with the
 NCH daily process date to keep records/segments
 belonging to a specific claim together.
 This field was added to ensure that records/
 segments that come in on the same batch with
 the same identifying information in the link
 group are not mixed with each other.
  
 NOTE:  During the Version I conversion this
 field was populated with data throughout
 history (back to service year 1991).
  
 DB2      ALIAS : NCH_SGMT_LINK_NUM
 SAS      ALIAS : LINK_NUM
 STANDARD ALIAS : NCH_SGMT_LINK_NUM
 TITLE    ALIAS : LINK_NUM
  
 LENGTH         : 9    SIGNED : Y
  
 SOURCE         : NCH