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MT 559 Field Specifications

6. Field 20: Transaction Reference Number

FORMAT

16x

PRESENCE

Mandatory

DEFINITION

This field specifies the reference which has been assigned by the Sender to unambiguously identify the claim in the sequence.

This field specifies the reference assigned by the Sender to unambiguously identify the message.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

This field must not start or end with a slash '/' and must not contain two consecutive slashes '//' (Error code(s): T26).

USAGE RULES

When the message includes multiple claims, it is recommended that a different transaction reference number be assigned to each claim.