Civil Service Federal Employees Federal Employees Federal Employees

Retirement Group Life Health Benefits Retirement

System Insurance Program System

United States

Office of Personnel Management

Retirement and Insurance Service

Benefits Administration Letter

Number: 98-210 Date: December 29, 1998 

Subject: Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Program: New Codes for SF 50

GENERAL INFORMATION

________________________________________________

Background Pub. L. 105-311, Federal Employees Life Insurance

Improvement Act, enacted October 30, 1998, made

numerous changes to the Federal Employees’ Group Life

Insurance (FEGLI) Program.

One of the changes is to increase the amount of coverage

available under Option C. Effective with the first pay

period beginning on or after April 24, 1999, employees

will be able to elect up to five multiples of the current

amount of Option C coverage ($5,000 for a spouse/$2,500

for an eligible child). We will provide detailed

information about the additional Option C coverage in a

later Benefits Administration Letter (BAL).

With the additional Option C multiples, the current 1-

character SF 50 coding system for FEGLI coverage is no

longer adequate. There are not enough fields to indicate

all the possible combinations of FEGLI coverage.

It was therefore necessary to develop a new coding system

for the SF 50.

________________________________________________

Purpose The purpose of this BAL is to transmit to agencies the

new coding system for showing FEGLI coverage on the

SF 50.

________________________________________________
-2-

The New Coding System In an attempt to minimize the impact on agencies’

programming and systems personnel, the new system was

developed in collaboration with representatives of several

agencies.

 The new coding system for SF 50s is very similar to the

old system. The existing 1-character code will be kept,

and a second character will be added. The second

character indicates coverage under Option C - a 0 for no

Option C coverage and 1-5 for 1-5 multiples of Option C.

We are providing a “map” to help you convert the current

1-character codes to the new 2-character codes.

This information is also being sent to payroll offices and

to agency offices responsible for the Data Standards

Manual.

________________________________________________

Effective Date The new SF 50 codes must be used as of the first pay

period beginning on or after April 24, 1999.

We are not requiring agencies to generate a new SF 50 for

each employee when they transfer to the new coding

system.

______________________________________________________________________________

Abby L. Block, Chief

Insurance Policy

 and Information Division

Attachments
-3-

Attachment 1

FEGLI CODE CONVERSIONS

IF THE CURRENT FEGLI CODE IS: THEN THE NEW CODE WILL BE:

A (Ineligible) A0

B (Waived) B0

C (Basic only) C0

D (Basic + Option A) D0

E (Basic + Option C) E1

F (Basic + Option A + Option C) F1

G (Basic + Option B(1x)) G0

H (Basic + Option B (1x) + Option A) H0

I (Basic + Option B (1x) + Option C) I1

J (Basic + Option B (1x) + Option A + Option C) J1

K (Basic + Option B (2x)) K0

L (Basic + Option B (2x) + Option A) L0

M (Basic + Option B (2x) + Option C) M1

N (Basic + Option B (2x) + Option A + Option C) N1

9 (Basic + Option B (3x)) 90

P (Basic + Option B (3x) + Option A) P0

Q (Basic + Option B (3x) + Option C) Q1

R (Basic + Option B (3x) + Option A + Option C) R1

S (Basic + Option B (4x)) S0

T (Basic + Option B (4x) + Option A) T0

U (Basic + Option B (4x) + Option C) U1

V (Basic + Option B (4x) + Option A + Option C) V1

W (Basic + Option B (5x) W0

X (Basic + Option B (5x) + Option A) X0

Y (Basic + Option B (5x) + Option C) Y1

Z (Basic + Option B (5x) + Option A + Option C) Z1
-4-

Attachment 2

NEW FEGLI CODING SCHEME

UNSPEC WAIVED INELIGIBLE BASIC + B(1X) B(2X) B(3X) B(4X) B(5X)

BASIC 99 B0 A0 C0 G0 K0 90 S0 W0

OPT A D0 H0 L0 P0 T0 X0

OPT C (1X) E1 I1 M1 Q1 U1 Y1

OPT C (2X) E2 I2 M2 Q2 U2 Y2

OPT C (3X) E3 I3 M3 Q3 U3 Y3

OPT C (4X) E4 I4 M4 Q4 U4 Y4

OPT C (5X) E5 I5 M5 Q5 U5 Y5

OPT A + OPT C (1X) F1 J1 N1 R1 V1 Z1

OPT A + OPT C (2X) F2 J2 N2 R2 V2 Z2

OPT A + OPT C (3X) F3 J3 N3 R3 V3 Z3

OPT A + OPT C (4X) F4 J4 N4 R4 V4 Z4

OPT A + OPT C (5X) F5 J5 N5 R5 V5 Z5
-5-

Attachment 3

LIST OF NEW FEGLI CODES

A0 Ineligible

B0 Waived

C0 Basic only

D0 Basic + Option A

E1 Basic + Option C (1x)

E2 Basic + Option C (2x)

E3 Basic + Option C (3x)

E4 Basic + Option C (4x)

E5 Basic + Option C (5x)

F1 Basic + Option A + Option C (1x)

F2 Basic + Option A + Option C (2x)

F3 Basic + Option A + Option C (3x)

F4 Basic + Option A + Option C (4x)

F5 Basic + Option A + Option C (5x)

G0 Basic + Option B(1x)

H0 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option A

I1 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option C (1x)

I2 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option C (2x)

I3 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option C (3x)

I4 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option C (4x)

I5 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option C (5x)

J1 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option A + Option C (1x)

J2 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option A + Option C (2x)

J3 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option A + Option C (3x)

J4 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option A + Option C (4x)

J5 Basic + Option B (1x) + Option A + Option C (5x)

K0 Basic + Option B (2x)

L0 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option A
-6-

M1 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option C (1x)

M2 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option C (2x)

M3 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option C (3x)

M4 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option C (4x)

M5 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option C (5x)

N1 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option A + Option C (1x)

N2 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option A + Option C (2x)

N3 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option A + Option C (3x)

N4 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option A + Option C (4x)

N5 Basic + Option B (2x) + Option A + Option C (5x)

90 Basic + Option B (3x)

P0 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option A

Q1 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option C (1x)

Q2 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option C (2x)

Q3 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option C (3x)

Q4 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option C (4x)

Q5 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option C (5x)

R1 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option A + Option C (1x)

R2 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option A + Option C (2x)

R3 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option A + Option C (3x)

R4 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option A + Option C (4x)

R5 Basic + Option B (3x) + Option A + Option C (5x)

S0 Basic + Option B (4x)

T0 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option A

U1 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option C (1x)

U2 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option C (2x)

U3 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option C (3x)

U4 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option C (4x)

U5 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option C (5x)

V1 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option A + Option C (1x)

V2 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option A + Option C (2x)

V3 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option A + Option C (3x)

V4 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option A + Option C (4x)

V5 Basic + Option B (4x) + Option A + Option C (5x)

W0 Basic + Option B (5x)

X0 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option A
-7-

Y1 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option C (1x)

Y2 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option C (2x)

Y3 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option C (3x)

Y4 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option C (4x)

Y5 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option C (5x)

Z1 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option A + Option C (1x)

Z2 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option A + Option C (2x)

Z3 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option A + Option C (3x)

Z4 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option A + Option C (4x)

Z5 Basic + Option B (5x) + Option A + Option C (5x)