NAME:      	Claim Operating Physician UPIN Number
 
 
 DESCRIPTION:	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 surgical procedure.

		NPIs replaced UPINs as the standard provider 
		identifiers beginning in 2007.  The UPIN is almost 
		never populated after 2009.

 
 SHORT NAME: 	OP_UPIN

 LONG NAME: 	OP_PHYSN_UPIN

 TYPE:		CHAR
 
 LENGTH: 	6

 SOURCE: 	CWF

 CODE VALUES:	-
 
 COMMENT:	-