850 Purchase Order
Verizon · X12 004030
Verizon’s published 850 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
30 of 30 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 0100
Optional
max —
BEG
Beginning Segment For Purchase Order BEG
pos 0200
Required
max —
CUR
Currency CUR
pos 0400
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
pos 0500
Required
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 0600
Optional
max 3
FOB
Fob Related Instructions FOB
pos 0800
Optional
max —
CSH
Sales Requirements CSH
pos 1100
Optional
max 5
ITD
Terms Of Sale Deferred Terms Of Sale ITD
pos 1300
Optional
max —
TD5
Carrier Details Routing Sequence Transit Time TD5
pos 2400
Optional
max —
N1 LoopBill-to-Partyvariant 1 of 3
N1
Name N1
pos 3100
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 3200
Optional
max 2
N3
Address Information N3
pos 3300
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 3400
Optional
max —
N1 LoopParty to Receive Freight Billvariant 2 of 3
N1
Name N1
pos 3100
Required
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 3300
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 3400
Optional
max —
N1 LoopShip Tovariant 3 of 3
N1
Name N1
pos 3100
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 3200
Optional
max 2
N3
Address Information N3
First Line of Address
pos 3300
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 3400
Optional
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprepeats 100000required
PO1
Baseline Item Data PO1
pos 0100
Required
max —
PID Looprepeats 1000
PID
Product Item Description PID
pos 0500
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
pos 1000
Optional
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 1100
Optional
max 3
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
pos 2100
Optional
max 10
SCH Looprepeats 200required
SCH
Line Item Schedule SCH
pos 2950
Required
max —
N9 Looprequired
N9
Reference Identification N9
pos 3300
Required
max —
MTX
Text MTX
pos 3400
Required
max 1
SUMMARY
CTT Loop
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
pos 0100
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 0300
Optional
max —
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