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Effective with Version H, the exemption number assigned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to an investigational device after a manufacturer has been approved by FDA to conduct a clinical trial on that device. HCFA established a new policy of covering certain IDE's which was implemented in claims processing on 10/1/96 (which is NCH weekly process 10/4/96) for service dates beginning 10/1/95. IDE's are always associated with revenue center code '0624'.NOTE1: Prior to Version H a 'dummy' revenue center code '0624' trailer was created to store IDE's. The IDE number was housed in two fields: HCPCS code and HCPCS initial modifier; the second modifier contained the value 'ID'. There can be up to 7 distinct IDE numbers associated with an '0624' dummy trailer. During the Version H conversion IDE's were moved from the dummy '0624' trailer to this dedicated field. NOTE2: Effective with Version 'I', this field was renamed to eventually accommodate the National Drug Code (NDC) and the Universal Product Code (UPC). This field could contain either of these 3 fields (there would neverbe an instance where more than one would come in on a claim). The size of this field was expanded to X(24) to accommodate either of the new fields (under Version 'H' it was X(7). DATA ANAMOLY/LIMITATION: During an CWFMQA review an edit revealed the IDE was missing. The problem occurs in claim with an NCH weekly process dates of 6/9/00 through 9/8/00. During processing of the new format the program receives the IDE but then blanked out the data.