B10 Beginning Segment for Transportation Carrier Shipment Status Message

To transmit identifying numbers and other basic data relating to the transaction set

Position: B10-01 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

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

R0106: At least one of B10-01 or B10-06 is required

E0105: Only one of B10-01 or B10-05 may be present

B1001 is the carrier assigned reference number.

B1001 is the carrier's PRO (invoice number) that identifies the shipment.

Position: B10-02 · Element: 145 · Name: Shipment Identification Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: 1

Identification number assigned to the shipment by the shipper that uniquely identifies the shipment from origin to ultimate destination and is not subject to modification; (Does not contain blanks or special characters)

Position: B10-03 · Element: 140 · Name: Standard Carrier Alpha Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

B1003 is required when used in Transaction Set 214.

Position: B10-04 · Element: 71 · Name: Inquiry Request Number · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Identifying number assigned by inquirer

Position: B10-05 · Element: 128 · Name: Reference Identification Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code qualifying the Reference Identification

P0506: If either B10-05 or B10-06 is present, then the other is required

Position: B10-06 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

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

B1006 is the carrier assigned bar code identification or another carrier assigned shipment identification, such as a manifest number.

Position: B10-07 · Element: 1073 · Name: Yes/No Condition or Response Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response

B1007 indicates if the reference numbers included in this transmission were transmitted to the carrier in electronic format or key entered by the carrier. A "Y" indicates the carrier utilized the electronic shipper supplied reference information to create this document; an "N" indicates the carrier key entered the reference information from a shipper supplied document.

Position: B10-08 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 8 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 1

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

B1008 is the transaction creation date.

Position: B10-09 · Element: 337 · Name: Time · Type: Time (TM) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 4 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 1

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)

P0809: If either B10-08 or B10-09 is present, then the other is required

B1009 is the transaction creation time.