| NAME | 
PSO EPCS VA# DUP CHECK | 
| TAG | 
VANUMCHK | 
| ROUTINE | 
PSOEPU1 | 
| RETURN VALUE TYPE | 
SINGLE VALUE | 
| AVAILABILITY | 
RESTRICTED | 
| DESCRIPTION | 
This RPC will accept a VA# in text format, and a provider's NEW
PERSON File #200 IEN (Internal Entry number).  It will perform checking 
to determine if the VA# is being used by another provider.
 
 | 
| INPUT PARAMETER | 
- 
- VANUM
 
- PARAMETER TYPE:    LITERAL
 
- MAXIMUM DATA LENGTH:    10
 
- REQUIRED:    YES
 
- SEQUENCE NUMBER:    1
 
- DESCRIPTION:    
This is the provider's VA# in text format.
 
 
 
- 
- NPIEN
 
- PARAMETER TYPE:    LITERAL
 
- MAXIMUM DATA LENGTH:    15
 
- REQUIRED:    YES
 
- SEQUENCE NUMBER:    2
 
- DESCRIPTION:    
This is the provider's NEW PERSON file #200 IEN, Internal Entry Number.
 
 
 
 
 | 
| RETURN PARAMETER DESCRIPTION | 
The return value will be:
  1^Success - for a VA# that is not being used by any provider other than
              the provider being checked.
  0^Duplicate information if the VA# is being used by another provider.
 |