856 Customer Ship Notice/Manifest
D&H · X12 004010
D&H ’s published 856 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
4 of 4 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BSN
Beginning Segment For Ship Notice BSN
Example: BSN*00*1234567890*20141231*1230*0001
pos 020
Required
max —
SUMMARY
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
Example: CTT*6
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 020
Optional
max —
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