NAME             TYPE   LENGTH
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 Benefit Phase	  		 CHAR	  2

	Indicates the benefit phase in which
	the claim was expected to occur based	
	on a date of service ordering of the 
	beneficiary's claims, the beneficiary's
	accumulated gross drug and out-of-pocket
	costs, and the plan's deductible, initial
	coverage limit (ICL) and out-of-pocket
	threshold (OOPT) amount. Phases may 
	include Deductible, Pre-ICL, ICL
	(Coverage Gap) or Catastrophic. Events
	that occur between two different phases
	are called straddle PDEs. 	

	SHORT NAME: BNFTPHAS
	LONG NAME: BENEFIT_PHASE

	CODES:
	Blank = Not a covered drug
	XX = PDE Plan Identifiers do not link to
	the Plan Benefit file
	NA = National Pace or Employer Sponsored
	Plan
	DD = Deductible phase
	DP = Deductible to Pre-ICL Straddle PDE
	DI = Deductible to ICL (coverage gap) 
	Straddle PDE
	DC = Deductible to Catastrophic Straddle
	PDE
	PP = Pre-ICL phase
	PI = Pre-ICL to ICL Straddle PDE
	PC = Pre-ICL to Catastrophic Straddle PDE
	II - ICL (coverage gap) Phase
	IC = ICL (coverage gap) to Catastrophic 
	Straddle PDE
	CC = Catastrophic phase

	SOURCE:
	CCW