Ooops - I didn't see the big old "REQUIRED" on the left hand side! In that case, we're gonna need the ISO 3166-2 Country Subdivision Code! A lot of countries have codes defined for their principal administrative subdivisions: states, provinces, L�nder, departments, etc. You don't have to buy ISO 3166; instead, the UN/LOCODE page, at http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/main.htm, can be used to obtain Subdivision Codes for those countries which have them defined in ISO 3166-2.
For example, DE is the country code for Germany, and DE-BW is the code for Baden-W�rttemberg. Note in my signature, I use the standard ISO 3166 notation for Country and Sub-Division, US-OH, which is universally recognized - by them's in the know - to be Ohio. Now technically, N405 and N406 should really be used to indicate the sub-division code, but I don't think anyone will complain if you break out the sub-division code and place it in N402, when the country code is in N404. If a country doesn't rate sub-division codes (or if you don't know the geography of the particular country), then stick an "XX" in N402. The ZIP or postal code is always more important to get right. William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, US-OH 43221-3859 +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "William J. Kammerer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 25 June, 2002 04:54 PM Subject: Re: Benefit Enrollment The X12 comment for N402 says the State or Province Code is required only if city name (N401) is in the U.S. or Canada. William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, US-OH 43221-3859 +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wojnowski, Charlotte M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 25 June, 2002 04:37 PM Subject: Benefit Enrollment We had a situation come up where we are receiving benefit enrollment information from a client who has people residing in foreign countries. According to the guideline the N402 (state code) is a required field. How should this situation be handled? Charlotte Wojnowski Caremark 847-444-6065 ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. ====================================================== The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is specifically prohibited.
