NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
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24. NCH Segment Link Number      PACK      5

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).

   9 DIGITS SIGNED

   DB2 ALIAS: NCH_SGMT_LINK_NUM
   SAS ALIAS: LINK_NUM
   STANDARD ALIAS: NCH_SGMT_LINK_NUM
   TITLE ALIAS: LINK_NUM

   SOURCE:
   NCH