01: Duns (Dun & Bradstreet)
02: SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code)
03: FMC (Federal Maritime Commission)
04: IATA (International Air Transport Association)
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: American College Testing Program 4-Digit Code of Postsecondary Institutions, or ACT
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
AM: Association Mexicana del Codigo de Producto (AMECOP) Communication ID
NR: National Retail Merchants Association (NRMA) - Assigned
SN: Standard Address Number
ZZ: Mutually Defined

ISA-06

I06

Interchange Sender ID

Required

String (AN)

Min 15Max 15

—

ISA-07

I05

Interchange ID Qualifier

Required

Identifier (ID)

Min 2Max 2

—

Codes

01: Duns (Dun & Bradstreet)
02: SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code)
03: FMC (Federal Maritime Commission)
04: IATA (International Air Transport Association)
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: American College Testing Program 4-Digit Code of Postsecondary Institutions, or ACT
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
AM: Association Mexicana del Codigo de Producto (AMECOP) Communication ID
NR: National Retail Merchants Association (NRMA) - Assigned
SN: Standard Address Number
ZZ: Mutually Defined

ISA-08

I07

Interchange Receiver ID

Required

String (AN)

Min 15Max 15

—

ISA-09

I08

Interchange Date

Required

Date (DT)

YYMMDD format

—

ISA-10

I09

Interchange Time

Required

Time (TM)

HHMM format

—

ISA-11

I10

Interchange Control Standards Identifier

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

U: U.S. EDI Community of ASC X12, TDCC, and UCS

ISA-12

I11

Interchange Control Version Number

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

00401: Draft Standards for Trial Use Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 1997

ISA-13

I12

Interchange Control Number

Required

Numeric (N0)

Min 9Max 9

—

ISA-14

I13

Acknowledgment Requested

Required

Identifier (ID)

Min 1Max 1

—

0: No Acknowledgment Requested
1: Interchange Acknowledgment Requested

ISA-15

I14

Usage Indicator

Required

Identifier (ID)

Min 1Max 1

—

I: Information
P: Production Data
T: Test Data

ISA-16

I15

Component Element Separator

Required

String (AN)

Min 1Max 1

—

>: Component Element Separator

Functional Group Header

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

GS-01

479

Functional Identifier Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

PO: Purchase Order (850)

GS-02

142

Application Sender's Code

Required

String (AN)

Min 2Max 15

—

GS-03

124

Application Receiver's Code

Required

String (AN)

Min 2Max 15

—

GS-04

373

Date

Required

Date (DT)

CCYYMMDD format

—

GS-05

337

Time

Required

Time (TM)

HHMM, HHMMSS, HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD format

—

GS-06

Group Control Number

Required

Numeric (N0)

Min 1Max 9

—

GS-07

455

Responsible Agency Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

Min 1Max 2

—

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

GS-08

480

Version / Release / Industry Identifier Code

Required

String (AN)

—

004010: Draft Standards Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 1997

Heading

010

Heading > ST

Transaction Set Header

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

ST-01

143

Transaction Set Identifier Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

850: Purchase Order

ST-02

329

Transaction Set Control Number

Required

Numeric (N)

Min 4Max 9

—

BEG

020

Heading > BEG

Beginning Segment for Purchase Order

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

BEG-01

353

Transaction Set Purpose Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

00: Original

BEG-02

Purchase Order Type Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

DS: Dropship

BEG-03

324

Purchase Order Number

Required

String (AN)

Min 1Max 22

—

BEG-05

373

Date

Required

Date (DT)

CCYYMMDD format

—

REF

050

Heading > REF

Reference Identification

OptionalMax use >1

—

Example

REF-01

128

Reference Identification Qualifier

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

19: Division Identifier
CR: Customer Reference Number
IA: Internal Vendor Number
JC: Review

REF-02

127

Reference Identification

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 30

—

ITD

130

Heading > ITD

Terms of Sale/Deferred Terms of Sale

OptionalMax use >1

—

Example

ITD-01

336

Terms Type Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

14: Previously agreed upon

ITD-02

333

Terms Basis Date Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

3: Invoice Date

TD5

240

Heading > TD5

Carrier Details (Routing Sequence/Transit Time)

OptionalMax use 12

—

Example

TD5-05

387

Routing

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 35

—

N9 Loop

OptionalMax >1

295

Heading > N9 Loop > N9

Reference Identification

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

N9-01

128

Reference Identification Qualifier

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

TOC: Type of Comment

N9-02

127

Reference Identification

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 30

—

MSG

300

Heading > N9 Loop > MSG

Message Text

OptionalMax use 1000

—

Example

MSG-01

933

Free-Form Message Text

Required

String (AN)

Min 1Max 264

—

MSG-02

934

Printer Carriage Control Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

SS: Advance to new line before print

N9 Loop end

N1 Bill-to-Party

OptionalMax >1

Variants (all may be used)

Ship From Ship To

310

Heading > Bill-to-Party > N1

Name

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

N1-01

Entity Identifier Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

BT: Bill-to-Party

N1-02

Name

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 60

—

320

Heading > Bill-to-Party > N2

Additional Name Information

OptionalMax use 2

—

Example

N2-01

Name

Required

String (AN)

Min 1Max 60

—

330

Heading > Bill-to-Party > N3

Address Information

OptionalMax use 2

—

Example

N3-01

166

Address Information

Required

String (AN)

Min 1Max 55

—

N3-02

166

Address Information

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 55

—

340

Heading > Bill-to-Party > N4

Geographic Location

OptionalMax use >1

—

Example

N4-01

City Name

Optional

String (AN)

Min 2Max 30

—

N4-02

156

State or Province Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

Min 2Max 2

—

N4-03

116

Postal Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

Min 3Max 15

—

N4-04

Country Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

Min 2Max 3

—

PER

360

Heading > Bill-to-Party > PER

Administrative Communications Contact

OptionalMax use >1

—

Example

If either Communication Number Qualifier (PER-03) or Communication Number (PER-04) is present, then the other is required

PER-01

366

Contact Function Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

OC: Order Contact

PER-02

Name

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 60

—

PER-03

365

Communication Number Qualifier

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

TE: Telephone

PER-04

364

Communication Number

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 80

—

N1 Bill-to-Party end

N1 Ship From

OptionalMax >1

Variants (all may be used)

Bill-to-Party Ship To

310

Heading > Ship From > N1

Name

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

N1-01

Entity Identifier Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

SF: Ship From

N1-02

Name

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 60

—

320

Heading > Ship From > N2

Additional Name Information

OptionalMax use 2

—

Example

N2-01

Name

Required

String (AN)

Min 1Max 60

—

330

Heading > Ship From > N3

Address Information

OptionalMax use 2

—

Example

N3-01

166

Address Information

Required

String (AN)

Min 1Max 55

—

N3-02

166

Address Information

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 55

—

340

Heading > Ship From > N4

Geographic Location

OptionalMax use >1

—

Example

N4-01

City Name

Optional

String (AN)

Min 2Max 30

—

N4-02

156

State or Province Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

Min 2Max 2

—

N4-03

116

Postal Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

Min 3Max 15

—

N4-04

Country Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

Min 2Max 3

—

PER

360

Heading > Ship From > PER

Administrative Communications Contact

OptionalMax use >1

—

Example

If either Communication Number Qualifier (PER-03) or Communication Number (PER-04) is present, then the other is required

PER-01

366

Contact Function Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

OC: Order Contact

PER-02

Name

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 60

—

PER-03

365

Communication Number Qualifier

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

TE: Telephone

PER-04

364

Communication Number

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 80

—

N1 Ship From end

N1 Ship To

OptionalMax >1

Variants (all may be used)

Bill-to-Party Ship From

310

Heading > Ship To > N1

Name

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

N1-01

Entity Identifier Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

ST: Ship To

N1-02

Name

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 60

—

320

Heading > Ship To > N2

Additional Name Information

OptionalMax use 2

—

Example

N2-01

Name

Required

String (AN)

Min 1Max 60

—

330

Heading > Ship To > N3

Address Information

OptionalMax use 2

—

Example

N3-01

166

Address Information

Required

String (AN)

Min 1Max 55

—

N3-02

166

Address Information

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 55

—

340

Heading > Ship To > N4

Geographic Location

OptionalMax use >1

—

Example

N4-01

City Name

Optional

String (AN)

Min 2Max 30

—

N4-02

156

State or Province Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

Min 2Max 2

—

N4-03

116

Postal Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

Min 3Max 15

—

N4-04

Country Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

Min 2Max 3

—

PER

360

Heading > Ship To > PER

Administrative Communications Contact

OptionalMax use >1

—

Example

If either Communication Number Qualifier (PER-03) or Communication Number (PER-04) is present, then the other is required

PER-01

366

Contact Function Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

OC: Order Contact

PER-02

Name

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 60

—

PER-03

365

Communication Number Qualifier

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

TE: Telephone

PER-04

364

Communication Number

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 80

—

N1 Ship To end

Heading end

Detail

PO1 Loop

RequiredMax >1

PO1

010

Detail > PO1 Loop > PO1

Baseline Item Data

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

If Unit or Basis for Measurement Code (PO1-03) is present, then Quantity Ordered (PO1-02) is required

If Basis of Unit Price Code (PO1-05) is present, then Unit Price (PO1-04) is required

If either Product/Service ID Qualifier (PO1-06) or Product/Service ID (PO1-07) is present, then the other is required

If either Product/Service ID Qualifier (PO1-08) or Product/Service ID (PO1-09) is present, then the other is required

If either Product/Service ID Qualifier (PO1-10) or Product/Service ID (PO1-11) is present, then the other is required

PO1-01

350

Assigned Identification

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 20

—

PO1-02

330

Quantity Ordered

Optional

Decimal number (R)

Min 1Max 15

—

PO1-03

355

Unit or Basis for Measurement Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

BO: Box
BX: Box
CA: Case
DO: Dozen
DZ: Dozen
EA: Each

PO1-04

212

Unit Price

Optional

Decimal number (R)

Min 1Max 15

—

PO1-05

639

Basis of Unit Price Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

CT: Contract
QT: Quoted

PO1-06

235

Product/Service ID Qualifier

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

VC: Vendor's (Seller's) Catalog Number

PO1-07

234

Product/Service ID

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 48

—

PO1-08

235

Product/Service ID Qualifier

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

SK: Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)

PO1-09

234

Product/Service ID

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 48

—

PO1-10

235

Product/Service ID Qualifier

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

UP: U.P.C. Consumer Package Code (1-5-5-1)

PO1-11

234

Product/Service ID

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 48

—

CTP Loop

OptionalMax >1

CTP

040

Detail > PO1 Loop > CTP Loop > CTP

Pricing Information

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

CTP-02

236

Price Identifier Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

RTL: Retail

CTP-03

212

Unit Price

Optional

Decimal number (R)

Min 1Max 15

—

CTP Loop end

PID Loop

OptionalMax >1

PID

050

Detail > PO1 Loop > PID Loop > PID

Product/Item Description

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

PID-01

349

Item Description Type

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

F: Free-form

PID-02

750

Product/Process Characteristic Code

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

Usage notes

—

08: Product
ZZ: Mutually Defined

PID-05

352

Description

Optional

String (AN)

Min 1Max 80

—

Usage notes

—

PID Loop end

DTM

210

Detail > PO1 Loop > DTM

Cancel if not shipped by

OptionalMax use 10

—

Example

Variants (all may be used)

DTMShip No Later DTMShip Not Before

DTM-01

374

Date/Time Qualifier

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

175: Cancel if not shipped by

DTM-02

373

Date

Optional

Date (DT)

CCYYMMDD format

—

DTM

210

Detail > PO1 Loop > DTM

Ship No Later

OptionalMax use 10

—

Example

Variants (all may be used)

DTMCancel if not shipped by DTMShip Not Before

DTM-01

374

Date/Time Qualifier

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

038: Ship No Later

DTM-02

373

Date

Optional

Date (DT)

CCYYMMDD format

—

DTM

210

Detail > PO1 Loop > DTM

Ship Not Before

OptionalMax use 10

—

Example

Variants (all may be used)

DTMCancel if not shipped by DTMShip No Later

DTM-01

374

Date/Time Qualifier

Required

Identifier (ID)

—

037: Ship Not Before

DTM-02

373

Date

Optional

Date (DT)

CCYYMMDD format

—

MSG

289

Detail > PO1 Loop > MSG

Message Text

OptionalMax use >1

—

Example

MSG-01

933

Free-Form Message Text

Required

String (AN)

Min 1Max 264

—

MSG-02

934

Printer Carriage Control Code

Optional

Identifier (ID)

—

SS: Advance to new line before print

PO1 Loop end

Detail end

Summary

CTT Loop

OptionalMax >1

CTT

010

Summary > CTT Loop > CTT

Transaction Totals

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

CTT-01

354

Number of Line Items

Required

Numeric (N0)

Min 1Max 6

—

CTT-02

347

Hash Total

Optional

Decimal number (R)

Min 1Max 10

—

CTT Loop end

030

Summary > SE

Transaction Set Trailer

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

SE-01

Number of Included Segments

Required

Numeric (N0)

Min 1Max 10

—

SE-02

329

Transaction Set Control Number

Required

Numeric (N)

Min 4Max 9

—

Summary end

Functional Group Trailer

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

GE-01

Number of Transaction Sets Included

Required

Numeric (N0)

Min 1Max 6

—

GE-02

Group Control Number

Required

Numeric (N0)

Min 1Max 9

—

IEA

Interchange Control Trailer

RequiredMax use 1

—

Example

IEA-01

I16

Number of Included Functional Groups

Required

Numeric (N0)

Min 1Max 5

—

IEA-02

I12

Interchange Control Number

Required

Numeric (N0)

Min 9Max 9

—

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