820 Payment Order/Remittance Advice
Caterpillar · X12 003010
Caterpillar’s published 820 specification, rendered as an interactive guide. Expand any segment to see its elements, data types, lengths and accepted codes — then validate your own document against it below.
Specification
11 of 11 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header
pos 010
Required
max —
BPS
Beginning Segment for Payment Order/Remittance Advice
pos 020
Required
max —
CUR
Currency
pos 040
Optional
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference
pos 060
Required
max —
N1 Looprequired
N1
Name
pos 070
Optional
max —
N4
Geographic Location
pos 100
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Numbers
pos 110
Required
max —
DETAIL
LS
Loop Header
pos 010
Required
max —
N1 Loop
RMT Loop
RMT
Remittance Advice
pos 030
Optional
max —
LE
Loop Trailer
pos 070
Required
max —
SUMMARY
SE
Transaction Set Trailer
pos 010
Required
max —
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