NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
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 46.  CWF 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).
  
 COBOL    ALIAS : MSC
 COMMON   ALIAS : MSC
 DB2      ALIAS : BENE_MDCR_STUS_CD
 SAS      ALIAS : MS_CD
 STANDARD ALIAS : CWF_BENE_MDCR_STUS_CD
 TITLE    ALIAS : MSC
  
 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.
  
 COMMENTS :
 Prior to Version H this field was named:
 BENE_MDCR_STUS_CD.  The name has been changed
 to distinguish this CWF-derived field from the
 EDB-derived MSC (BENE_MDCR_STUS_CD).
  
 SOURCE         : CWF
  
 CODE TABLE     : BENE_MDCR_STUS_TB