NAME:        	Carrier Line RX Number

 
 DESCRIPTION:	The number used to identify the prescription 
		order number for drugs and biologicals
 		purchased through the competitive acquisition
 		program (CAP).

 
 SHORT NAME: 	CARRXNUM

 LONG NAME: 	CARR_LINE_RX_NUM

 TYPE:		CHAR
 
 LENGTH: 	30 
 
 SOURCE: 	CWF
 
 CODE VALUES:	-


 COMMENT:	The prescription order number consists of:
 		  --Vendor ID Number (positions 1 - 4)
 		  --HCPCS Code (positions 5 - 9)
 	  	  --Vendor Controlled Prescription Number
 			(positions 10 - 30)

		The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) required CMS
		to implementat a competative acquisition program (CAP) 
		for Part B drugs and biologicals not paid on a
 		cost or PPS basis. Physicians have
 		a choice between buying and billing these
 		drugs under the average sales price (ASP) or
 		obtaining these drugs from an approved CAP
 		vendor.  The prescription number is needed
 		to identify which claims were submitted for
 		CAP drugs and their administration.