NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
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 13.  NCH State Segment           CHAR   1
      Code
  
 The code identifying the segment of the NCH Nearline file
 containing the beneficiary's record for a specific service
 year.  Effective 12/96, segmentation is by CLM_LCTR_NUM,
 then final action sequence within residence state.  (Prior
 to 12/96, segmentation was by ranges of county codes within
 the residence state.)
  
 DB2      ALIAS : NCH_STATE_SGMT_CD
 SAS      ALIAS : ST_SGMT
 STANDARD ALIAS : NCH_STATE_SGMT_CD
 TITLE    ALIAS : NEAR_LINE_SEGMENT
  
 LENGTH         : 1
  
 COMMENTS :
 Prior to Version H this field was named:
 BENE_STATE_SGMT_NEAR_LINE_CD.
  
 SOURCE         : NCH
  
 CODE TABLE     : NCH_STATE_SGMT_TB