X12 180 Retail Return Merchandise Authorization and Notification

X12 Release 4050

This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Return Merchandise Authorization and Notification Transaction Set (180) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment.
This transaction set can provide for customary and established business and industry practice relative to the returning of merchandise to the vendor. This transaction set may satisfy request for returns, authorization or disposition of the return, notification of return, or notification of consumer return.

Delimiters

• ~ Segment
• * Element
• > Component
• ^ Repetition

ISA Interchange Control Header

Required · Max use 1

To start and identify an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments

ISA-01 · I01 · Authorization Information Qualifier · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the type of information in the Authorization Information

• 00: No Authorization Information Present (No Meaningful Information in I02)

ISA-02 · I02 · Authorization Information · Required · String (AN) · Min 10 Max 10

Information used for additional identification or authorization of the interchange sender or the data in the interchange; the type of information is set by the Authorization Information Qualifier (I01)

ISA-03 · I03 · Security Information Qualifier · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the type of information in the Security Information

• 00: No Security Information Present (No Meaningful Information in I04)

ISA-04 · I04 · Security Information · Required · String (AN) · Min 10 Max 10

This is used for identifying the security information about the interchange sender or the data in the interchange; the type of information is set by the Security Information Qualifier (I03)

ISA-05 · I05 · Interchange ID Qualifier · Required · Identifier (ID) · Min 2 Max 2

Code indicating the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified

Codes

• 01: Duns (Dun & Bradstreet)
• 02: SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code)
• 03: FMC (Federal Maritime Commission)
• 04: IATA (International Air Transport Association)
• 07: Global Location Number (GLN)
• 08: UCC EDI Communications ID (Comm ID)
• 09: X.121 (CCITT)
• 10: Department of Defense (DoD) Activity Address Code
• 11: DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
• 12: Phone (Telephone Companies)
• 13: UCS Code (The UCS Code is a Code Used for UCS Transmissions; it includes the Area Code and Telephone Number of a Modem; it Does Not Include Punctuation, Blanks or Access Code)
• 14: Duns Plus Suffix
• 15: Petroleum Accountants Society of Canada Company Code
• 16: Duns Number With 4-Character Suffix
• 17: American Bankers Association (ABA) Transit Routing Number (Including Check Digit, 9 Digit)
• 18: Association of American Railroads (AAR) Standard Distribution Code
• 19: EDI Council of Australia (EDICA) Communications ID Number (COMM ID)
• 20: Health Industry Number (HIN)
• 21: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, or (IPEDS)
• 22: Federal Interagency Commission on Education, or FICE
• 23: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data 12-Digit Number for Pre-K-Grade 12 Institutes, or NCES
• 24: The College Board's Admission Testing Program 4-Digit Code of Postsecondary Institutes, or ATP
• 25: ACT, Inc. 4-Digit Code of Postsecondary Institutions.
• 26: Statistics of Canada List of Postsecondary Institutions
• 27: Carrier Identification Number as assigned by Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
• 28: Fiscal Intermediary Identification Number as assigned by Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
• 29: Medicare Provider and Supplier Identification Number as assigned by Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
• 30: U.S. Federal Tax Identification Number
• 31: Jurisdiction Identification Number Plus 4 as assigned by the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC)
• 32: U.S. Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN)
• 33: National Association of Insurance Commissioners Company Code (NAIC)
• 34: Medicaid Provider and Supplier Identification Number as assigned by individual State Medicaid Agencies in conjunction with Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
• 35: Statistics Canada Canadian College Student Information System Institution Codes
• 36: Statistics Canada University Student Information System Institution Codes
• 37: Society of Property Information Compilers and Analysts
• 38: The College Board and ACT, Inc. 6-Digit Code List of Secondary Institutions
• AM: Association Mexicana del Codigo de Producto (AMECOP) Communication ID
• NR: National Retail Merchants Association (NRMA) - Assigned
• SA: User Identification Number as assigned by the Safety and Fitness Electronic Records (SAFER) System
• SN: Standard Address Number
• ZZ: Mutually Defined

ISA-06 · I06 · Interchange Sender ID · Required · String (AN) · Min 15 Max 15

Identification code published by the sender for other parties to use as the receiver ID to route data to them; the sender always codes this value in the sender ID element

ISA-07 · I05 · Interchange ID Qualifier · Required · Identifier (ID) · Min 2 Max 2

Code indicating the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified

Codes

• 01: Duns (Dun & Bradstreet)
• 02: SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code)
• 03: FMC (Federal Maritime Commission)
• 04: IATA (International Air Transport Association)
• 07: Global Location Number (GLN)
• 08: UCC EDI Communications ID (Comm ID)
• 09: X.121 (CCITT)
• 10: Department of Defense (DoD) Activity Address Code
• 11: DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
• 12: Phone (Telephone Companies)
• 13: UCS Code (The UCS Code is a Code Used for UCS Transmissions; it includes the Area Code and Telephone Number of a Modem; it Does Not Include Punctuation, Blanks or Access Code)
• 14: Duns Plus Suffix
• 15: Petroleum Accountants Society of Canada Company Code
• 16: Duns Number With 4-Character Suffix
• 17: American Bankers Association (ABA) Transit Routing Number (Including Check Digit, 9 Digit)
• 18: Association of American Railroads (AAR) Standard Distribution Code
• 19: EDI Council of Australia (EDICA) Communications ID Number (COMM ID)
• 20: Health Industry Number (HIN)
• 21: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, or (IPEDS)
• 22: Federal Interagency Commission on Education, or FICE
• 23: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data 12-Digit Number for Pre-K-Grade 12 Institutes, or NCES
• 24: The College Board's Admission Testing Program 4-Digit Code of Postsecondary Institutes, or ATP
• 25: ACT, Inc. 4-Digit Code of Postsecondary Institutions.
• 26: Statistics of Canada List of Postsecondary Institutions
• 27: Carrier Identification Number as assigned by Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
• 28: Fiscal Intermediary Identification Number as assigned by Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
• 29: Medicare Provider and Supplier Identification Number as assigned by Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
• 30: U.S. Federal Tax Identification Number
• 31: Jurisdiction Identification Number Plus 4 as assigned by the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC)
• 32: U.S. Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN)
• 33: National Association of Insurance Commissioners Company Code (NAIC)
• 34: Medicaid Provider and Supplier Identification Number as assigned by individual State Medicaid Agencies in conjunction with Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
• 35: Statistics Canada Canadian College Student Information System Institution Codes
• 36: Statistics Canada University Student Information System Institution Codes
• 37: Society of Property Information Compilers and Analysts
• 38: The College Board and ACT, Inc. 6-Digit Code List of Secondary Institutions
• AM: Association Mexicana del Codigo de Producto (AMECOP) Communication ID
• NR: National Retail Merchants Association (NRMA) - Assigned
• SA: User Identification Number as assigned by the Safety and Fitness Electronic Records (SAFER) System
• SN: Standard Address Number
• ZZ: Mutually Defined

ISA-08 · I07 · Interchange Receiver ID · Required · String (AN) · Min 15 Max 15

Identification code published by the receiver of the data; When sending, it is used by the sender as their sending ID, thus other parties sending to them will use this as a receiving ID to route data to them

ISA-09 · I08 · Interchange Date · Required · Date (DT) · YYMMDD format

Date of the interchange

ISA-10 · I09 · Interchange Time · Required · Time (TM) · HHMM format

Time of the interchange

ISA-11 · I65 · Repetition Separator · Required · String (AN) · Min 1 Max 1

Type is not applicable; the repetition separator is a delimiter and not a data element; this field provides the delimiter used to separate repeated occurrences of a simple data element or a composite data structure; this value must be different than the data element separator, component element separator, and the segment terminator

• ^: Repetition Separator

ISA-12 · I11 · Interchange Control Version Number · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code specifying the version number of the interchange control segments

• 00405: Standards Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 2001

ISA-13 · I12 · Interchange Control Number · Required · Numeric (N0) · Min 9 Max 9

A control number assigned by the interchange sender

ISA-14 · I13 · Acknowledgment Requested · Required · Identifier (ID) · Min 1 Max 1

Code indicating sender's request for an interchange acknowledgment

• 0: No Interchange Acknowledgment Requested
• 1: Interchange Acknowledgment Requested (TA1)

ISA-15 · I14 · Interchange Usage Indicator · Required · Identifier (ID) · Min 1 Max 1

Code indicating whether data enclosed by this interchange envelope is test, production or information

• I: Information
• P: Production Data
• T: Test Data

ISA-16 · I15 · Component Element Separator · Required · String (AN) · Min 1 Max 1

Type is not applicable; the component element separator is a delimiter and not a data element; this field provides the delimiter used to separate component data elements within a composite data structure; this value must be different than the data element separator and the segment terminator

• >: Component Element Separator

GS Functional Group Header

Required · Max use 1

To indicate the beginning of a functional group and to provide control information

GS-01 · 479 · Functional Identifier Code · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code identifying a group of application related transaction sets

• AN: Return Merchandise Authorization and Notification (180)

GS-02 · 142 · Application Sender's Code · Required · String (AN) · Min 2 Max 15

Code identifying party sending transmission; codes agreed to by trading partners

GS-03 · 124 · Application Receiver's Code · Required · String (AN) · Min 2 Max 15

Code identifying party receiving transmission; codes agreed to by trading partners

GS-04 · 373 · Date · Required · Date (DT) · CCYYMMDD format

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

GS-05 · 337 · Time · Required · Time (TM) · HHMM, HHMMSS, HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD format

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

GS-06 · 28 · Group Control Number · Required · Numeric (N0) · Min 1 Max 9

Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender

GS-07 · 455 · Responsible Agency Code · Required · Identifier (ID) · Min 1 Max 2

Code identifying the issuer of the standard; this code is used in conjunction with Data Element 480

• T: Transportation Data Coordinating Committee (TDCC)
• X: Accredited Standards Committee X12

GS-08 · 480 · Version / Release / Industry Identifier Code · Required · String (AN)

Code indicating the version, release, subrelease, and industry identifier of the EDI standard being used, including the GS and GE segments; if code in DE455 in GS segment is X, then in DE 480 positions 1-3 are the version number; positions 4-6 are the release and subrelease, level of the version; and positions 7-12 are the industry or trade association identifiers (optionally assigned by user); if code in DE455 in GS segment is T, then other formats are allowed

• 004050: Standards Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 2001

Heading

0100 Heading > ST

ST Transaction Set Header

Required · Max use 1

To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

ST-01 · 143 · Transaction Set Identifier Code · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code uniquely identifying a Transaction Set

• The transaction set identifier (ST01) is used by the translation routines of the interchange partners to select the appropriate transaction set definition (e.g., 810 selects the Invoice Transaction Set).

• 180: Return Merchandise Authorization and Notification

ST-02 · 329 · Transaction Set Control Number · Required · Numeric (N) · Min 4 Max 9

Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set

0200 Heading > BGN

BGN Beginning Segment

Required · Max use 1

To indicate the beginning of a transaction set

BGN-01 · 353 · Transaction Set Purpose Code · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

• 00: Original
• 07: Duplicate

BGN-02 · 127 · Reference Identification · Required · String (AN) · Min 1 Max 50

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

• BGN02 is the transaction set reference number.

BGN-03 · 373 · Date · Required · Date (DT) · CCYYMMDD format

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

• BGN03 is the transaction set date.

0600 Heading > N9

N9 Extended Reference Information

Required · Max use 10

To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

N9-01 · 128 · Reference Identification Qualifier · Required · String (AN) · Min 2 Max 3

Code qualifying the Reference Identification

N9-02 · 127 · Reference Identification · Required · String (AN) · Min 1 Max 50

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

N9-03 · 369 · Free-form Description · Optional · String (AN) · Min 1 Max 45

Free-form descriptive text

0700 Heading > PER

PER Administrative Communications Contact

Required · Max use 2

To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

PER-01 · 366 · Contact Function Code · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the major duty or responsibility of the person or group named

• NT: Notification Contact

PER-02 · 93 · Name · Required · String (AN) · Min 1 Max 60

Free-form name

N1 Loop Required Max >1

1200 Heading > N1 Loop > N1

N1 Party Identification

Required · Max use 1

To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

N1-01 · 98 · Entity Identifier Code · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code identifying an organizational entity, a physical location, property or an individual

• ID: Issuer of Debit or Credit Memo

N1-02 · 93 · Name · Required · String (AN) · Min 1 Max 60

Free-form name

N1-03 · 66 · Identification Code Qualifier · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code designating the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67)

• 92: Assigned by Buyer or Buyer's Agent

N1-04 · 67 · Identification Code · Required · String (AN) · Min 2 Max 80

Code identifying a party or other code

• This segment, used alone, provides the most efficient method of providing organizational identification. To obtain this efficiency the "ID Code" (N104) must provide a key to the table maintained by the transaction processing party.

Detail

BLI Loop Required Max >1

0100 Detail > BLI Loop > BLI

BLI Basic Baseline Item Data

Required · Max use 1

To specify basic item data: item identification, quantity, and price

• Quantity is specified either in the BLI segment (BLI03) or in the QTY segment.

BLI-01 · 235 · Product/Service ID Qualifier · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the type/source of the descriptive number used in Product/Service ID (234)

• BLI01, BLI02, and BLI08 through BLI13 provide for four different product/service IDs for each item. For example: Case, Color, Drawing No., U.P.C. No., ISBN No., Model, SKU.

• EN: EAN/UCC - 13
• UP: UCC - 12

BLI-02 · 234 · Product/Service ID · Required · String (AN) · Min 1 Max 48

Identifying number for a product or service

BLI-03 · 380 · Quantity · Required · Decimal number (R) · Min 1 Max 15

Numeric value of quantity

BLI-04 · 355 · Unit or Basis for Measurement Code · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code specifying the units in which a value is being expressed, or manner in which a measurement has been taken

• EA: Each

0200 Detail > BLI Loop > PID

PID Product/Item Description

Required · Max use 5

To describe a product or process in coded or free-form format

PID-01 · 349 · Item Description Type · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code indicating the format of a description

• If PID01 equals "F", then PID05 is used. If PID01 equals "S", then PID04 is used. If PID01 equals "X", then both PID04 and PID05 are used.

• S: Structured (From Industry Code List)

PID-02 · 750 · Product/Process Characteristic Code · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the general class of a product or process characteristic

• 08: Product

PID-03 · 559 · Agency Qualifier Code · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code identifying the agency assigning the code values

• Use PID03 to indicate the organization that publishes the code list being referred to.

• VI: Voluntary Inter-Industry Commerce Standard (VICS) EDI

PID-04 · 751 · Product Description Code · Required · String (AN) · Min 1 Max 12

A code from an industry code list which provides specific data about a product characteristic

• PID04 should be used for industry-specific product description codes.

0300 Detail > BLI Loop > RDR

RDR Return Disposition Reason

Required · Max use 1

To indicate the disposition of the item, the reason for return by the returnee, the response to the reason for return, and whether the item was used

RDR-01 · 1292 · Returns Disposition Code · Required · Identifier (ID)

Code indicating the disposition of a contested item

• DI: Dispose

RDR-02 · 1293 · Return Request Reason Code · Required · String (AN) · Min 2 Max 2

Code indicating the reason for the return from the party returning, or requesting to return, the items

RDR-04 · 352 · Description · Required · String (AN) · Min 1 Max 80

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content

2300 Detail > SE

SE Transaction Set Trailer

Required · Max use 1

To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

SE-01 · 96 · Number of Included Segments · Required · Numeric (N0) · Min 1 Max 10

Total number of segments included in a transaction set including ST and SE segments

SE-02 · 329 · Transaction Set Control Number · Required · Numeric (N) · Min 4 Max 9

Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set

GE Functional Group Trailer

Required · Max use 1

To indicate the end of a functional group and to provide control information

GE-01 · 97 · Number of Transaction Sets Included · Required · Numeric (N0) · Min 1 Max 6

Total number of transaction sets included in the functional group or interchange (transmission) group terminated by the trailer containing this data element

GE-02 · 28 · Group Control Number · Required · Numeric (N0) · Min 1 Max 9

Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender

IEA Interchange Control Trailer

Required · Max use 1

To define the end of an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments

IEA-01 · I16 · Number of Included Functional Groups · Required · Numeric (N0) · Min 1 Max 5

A count of the number of functional groups included in an interchange

IEA-02 · I12 · Interchange Control Number · Required · Numeric (N0) · Min 9 Max 9

A control number assigned by the interchange sender

EDI Samples

Saks Off 5th Sample

ISA*00**00**01*        6989867*ZZ*     RECEIVERID*200809*0930*^*00405*002103991*0*P*>
GS*AN*006989867*RECEIVERID*20200809*0930*2133991*X*004050VICS
ST*180*2116371
BGN*00*0000508360*20200803
N9*DP*000000000000680
N9*SR*000100
PER*NT*CARLONE-ELRAFEI26
N1*ID*SAKS*92*0621
BLI*UP*999997297913*1*EA
PID*S*08*VI*VIRNJJ
RDR*DI*SR**STOCK ADJUSTMENT
BLI*UP*999997189966*1*EA
PID*S*08*VI*VIR8P9
RDR*DI*SR**STOCK ADJUSTMENT
BLI*UP*999997311510*1*EA
PID*S*08*VI* VIRR3W
RDR*DI*SR**STOCK ADJUSTMENT
BLI*UP*999997431188*1*EA
PID*S*08*VI*VIP8GL
RDR*DI*SR**STOCK ADJUSTMENT
SE*19*2116371
GE*1*2133991
IEA*1*002103991