NAME             TYPE   LENGTH
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    Claim Operating Physician   CHAR      6
    UPIN Number

	On an institutional claim, the unique physician
	identification number (UPIN) of the physician
	who performed the principal procedure.  This
	element is used by the provider to identify the
	operating physician who performed the surgi-
	cal procedure.

	SHORT NAME: OP_UPIN
	LONG NAME: OP_PHYSN_UPIN

	NOTE:  For HHA and Hospice formats beginning
	with NCH weekly process date 10/3/97 this field
	was populated with data.  HHA and Hospice claims
	processed prior to 10/3/97 will contain spaces.

	SOURCE:
	CWF