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      Data Set Name: USRDS99.PS1999                       Observations:          58294864
      Member Type:   DATA                                 Variables:             15
      Engine:        V8                                   Indexes:               0
      Created:       15:28 Monday, June 20, 2005          Observation Length:    74
      Last Modified: 15:28 Monday, June 20, 2005          Deleted Observations:  0
      Protection:                                         Compressed:            CHAR
      Data Set Type:                                      Reuse Space:           NO
      Label:                                              Point to Observations: YES
                                                          Sorted:                YES


                          -----Engine/Host Dependent Information-----

        Data Set Page Size:         4096
        Number of Data Set Pages:   894881
        Number of Data Set Repairs: 0
        Release Created:            8.0202M0
        Host Created:               WIN_ASRV


                      -----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----

 #    Variable    Type    Len    Pos    Format       Informat    Label
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14    ALOWCH      Num       8     40                             Allowed charges
 5    CDTYPE      Char      1     57    $HCCDTYP.                Line Item Type
 2    CLM_FROM    Num       8      8    MMDDYY10.                From date of service
 4    CLM_THRU    Num       8     16    MMDDYY10.                Thru date of service
 6    DIAG        Char      5     58                             ICD-9-cm Diagnostic code
 3    HCFASAF     Char      1     56    $HCFASAF.                HCFA SAF source of this bill
 7    HCPCS       Char      5     63                             HCPCS code
 8    HCSRVC      Char      1     68    $HCFASVC.                HCFA service code
 9    PLCSRV      Char      2     69    $PLACESV.                Place of Service
15    PMTAMT      Num       8     48                             Claim Payment Amount
11    PYRCOD      Char      1     73    $PRPAYR.                 Primary Payer code
13    SBMTCH      Num       8     32                             Submitted Charges
10    SPCLTY      Char      2     71    $PROVSP.                 Provider Specalty Code
12    SRVCCT      Num       8     24                             Total Number Line Item Services
 1    USRDS_ID    Num       8      0    BEST22.      BEST22.     USRDS patient ID number


                                   -----Sort Information-----

                                    Sortedby:      USRDS_ID
                                    Validated:     YES
                                    Character Set: ANSI