To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
20
BHT
Beginning of Hierarchical Transaction
To define the business hierarchical structure of the transaction set and identify the business application purpose and reference data, i.e., number, date, and time
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify identifying information
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
50
N2
Additional Name Information
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
80
PER
Administrative Communications Contact
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To specify identifying information
To identify dependencies among and the content of hierarchically related groups of data segments
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
30
N2
Additional Name Information
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
60
PER
Administrative Communications Contact
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To specify identifying information
To specify quantity information
To specify pertinent dates and times
Code to transmit standard industry codes
100
ASI
Action or Status Indicator
To indicate the action to be taken with the information provided or the status of the entity described
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
