Recipients of the Select Language Characters (Special Characters) found in the Extended Character Set of the Application Control Structure can be rejected with a 997 Reject.
The Select Language Characters found in Section 3.3.2 item (4) of X12 Application Control Structure are not considered allowable characters in the Texas SET transactions. This Change Control will add language to all of the Texas SET Transactions to allow the receiver of select language characters to reject the transaction with a 997 reject.
Reason:
The structure page of every Implementation Guide will be updated to contain the following:
Transaction Set Notes
For use on an alphanumeric field, Texas SET recognizes all characters within the Basic Character Set. Within the Extended Character Set, Texas SET recognizes all character sets except all Select Language Characters found in Section 3.3.2 item (4) of X12 Application Control Structure. Exceptions to ANSI Standards for alphanumeric fields are noted in gray boxes of this Implementation Guide.
Receipt of the Select Language Characters found in Section 3.3.2 item (4) of the Application Control Structure may be rejected with a 997 Reject transaction by recipient.