NCOA – Codes and Notes

Codes
- Discount Codes
- Status Codes
Notes

Codes

Discount Codes

DiscountCode	DiscountDescription
1	Automation
2	Presort
3	None
4	Unknown

Status Codes

StatusCode	StatusDescription
2	Address not deliverable
3	Address may not be deliverable
4	Address matched and is deliverable, but is vacant
5	Recipient moved without providing a forwarding address
6	Mail being returned for non-specified reasons
7	Address matched and is deliverable
8	Address matched, COA forwarding address found

Notes

NCOANotes Codes

NCOANotes	NCOANotesDescShort	NCOANotesDescLong
A	COA Match Found	COA match was found with a forwarding address.
00	No COA Match Found	No COA match was found with given input name, address and matching logic.
01	Foreign Move	Match found, but new address outside USPS delivery area – a new address cannot be provided.
02	Move left no address	Match found, but the new address was not provided to the USPS – a new address cannot be provided.
03	PO BOX Closed, No Forwarding Address	Match found, but the new address was not provided to the USPS – a new address cannot be provided.
04	Street Address With Secondary	A COA was found utilizing the last name and address but the input did not contain a secondary number and the COA contained a secondary number.
05	A New Address Cannot Be Provided	The DPBC represents more than one address – the new address cannot be provided.
06	Middle Name Conflict	More than one COA and the middle names or initials on the COA’s are different – new address cannot be provided due to unresolved conflict.
07	Gender Conflict	More than one COA exists and the genders on the COA’s are different – new address cannot be provided due to unresolved conflict.
08	Conflicting Instructions	More than one COA exists with differences in the new address – new address cannot be provided due to unresolved conflict.
09	High-rise Default	Family COA with high-rise address ZIP+4 coded to building default – individual name information required for match missing or not match COA.
10	Rural Default	Family COA with Rural Route or Highway Contract address ZIP+4 coded to a route default – individual name information required for match missing or not match COA.
11	Insufficient COA Name	Individual name information on the COA is insufficient to allow a match.
12	Middle Name Test Failed	Input middle name information does not match COA middle name information. – match not allowed – new address cannot be provided.
13	Gender Test Failed	Input gender information does not match COA gender information – match not allowed – new address cannot be provided.
14	New Address Would Not Convert	Address could not be converted to a deliverable address – the new address could not be provided.
15	Individual Name Insufficient	The input does not contain a first name or contains initials only – the individual name information required to make match was missing from input.
16	Secondary Number Discrepancy	Either there is conflicting secondary information or input had secondary information and matched to a family record without secondary information.
17	Other Insufficient Name	Input name is different or not sufficient enough to produce a match.
18	General Delivery	The input record matched to a family record from a General Delivery address – this address type requires an individual name matching to obtain a match.
19	New Address Does Not ZIP+4 Or DPV Confirm	The new address not ZIP+4 coded or new address primary number, not DPV confirmable – the new address could not be provided.
20	Conflicting Directions	Conflicting directions after re-chaining – multiple COA’s exist but contain different new addresses.
66	Daily Delete	COA is pending deletion from the master file.
91	Secondary Number Dropped From COA	Matched to an individual COA – the COA contained a secondary number and the input did not contain a secondary number – a new address is provided.
92	Secondary Number Dropped From Input	Matched to an individual COA – the input contained a secondary number and the COA did not contain a secondary number – a new address is provided.

USPS Footnote Codes CASS Zip+4 Certification Footnotes

Footnote code	Description
AA	Input Address Matched to the ZIP+4 file
A1	Input Address Not Matched to the ZIP+4 file

DPV Validation Footnotes

Footnote code	Description
BB	Input Address Matched to DPV (all components)
CC	Primary number matched to DPV, but secondary number not matched
N1	Primary Number Matched to DPV but Address Missing Secondary Number
M1	Primary number missing
M3	Non-postal Primary number invalid
P1	Input Address RR or HC Box number Missing
P3	Address PO, RR, or HC Box number Invalid
F1	Input Address Matched to a Military Address
G1	Input Address Matched to a General Delivery Address
U1	Input Address Matched to a Unique ZIP Code

CMRA-related Footnotes

Footnote code	Description
RR	Input Address Matched to CMRA and PMB designator present
RR1	Input Address Matched to CMRA but PMB designator not present

Extended NCOA Return Code

The Extended NCOA Return Code is a string of key/value tokens separated by spaces. These codes return useful meta-data that you can parse using standard string functions. The return code takes the form of:
TYP=X MED=yyyymm AGE=nn NAM=abc def

Key	Value
TYP	Result Move Type. F, I, or B “F” – Family “I” – Individual “B” — Business
MED	Move Effectivity Date. Takes the form of yyyymm (e.g. “201201” for January 2012)
AGE	Age, in months, of the NCOA record. Anything older than 18 months will no longer return an NCOA match
NAM	Name associated with the COA match. Same as CASSInputAddress->NameOut

ServiceFlags

This field describes information about additional USPS services that were run. Takes the form of:
RDI S=xx L=xxx E=sequence C=county_code

Key	Description
RDI	If present, address was marked as a residence by RDI
S	Appears when a SuiteLink lookup attempted. 00 – No Match A – Record Match
L	Appears when LACSLink lookup attempted. N00 – No Match YA – Record Match Y14 – Record Match, New Address Would not convert at run-time S92 – Record Match – Secondary Number Dropped from Input Address
E	eLOT sequence code.
C	County code