WIC EBT

Technical Implementation Guide

2018 Version
This guidance is to provide the implementation framework for Online and
Smart Card WIC EBT. FNS expects all stakeholders supporting WIC EBT
to incorporate these guidelines into all WIC EBT systems that have been
funded by federal funds provided by the WIC Program.

Date: February 26, 2018

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Table of Contents
1 Scope .....................................................................................................................................1
2 References .............................................................................................................................1
3 Terms and definitions .............................................................................................................2
4 Symbols (and abbreviated terms)............................................................................................2
5 WIC Online EBT message structure ..........................................................................................2
6 WIC Online EBT data elements ................................................................................................3
6.1 WIC Online EBT data element directory ...................................................................................3
6.2 WIC Online EBT data element rules ....................................................................................... 19
6.2.1 Date and time, local transaction (bit 12) and Date, settlement (bit 15) ................................... 19
6.2.2 UPC/PLU data (bit 62-2) ........................................................................................................ 19
6.2.3 EBT balance information (dataset identifier “EA”) ................................................................. 20
6.2.4 Earliest benefit expiration date (dataset identifier “EF”) ........................................................ 21
6.2.5 EBT data (dataset identifier “PS”) additional requirements .................................................... 21
6.2.6 Key management data (bit 96) .............................................................................................. 22
6.2.7 Personal identification number (PIN) data and Track data ..................................................... 23
7 WIC Online EBT messages and transactions ........................................................................... 23
7.1.1 Mandatory WIC Online EBT transaction types ....................................................................... 23
7.1.2 Message flows ...................................................................................................................... 24
7.1.3 Exception message flows ...................................................................................................... 24
7.1.4 Message errors ..................................................................................................................... 24
7.2 WIC Online EBT Transaction processing ................................................................................. 24
8 WIC Online EBT message classes ........................................................................................... 24
8.1 Authorization message class ................................................................................................. 24
8.2 Verification message class .................................................................................................... 25
8.2.1 Verification message processing codes .................................................................................. 27
8.3 Financial Presentment message class .................................................................................... 27
8.3.1 Partial approvals and price adjustments ................................................................................ 29
8.3.2 Discounts and coupon information ....................................................................................... 30
8.3.3 Surcharges information ........................................................................................................ 31
8.3.4 Store and forward transactions ............................................................................................. 31
8.3.5 Declined transactions ........................................................................................................... 32
8.3.6 Voucher clear transactions.................................................................................................... 32
8.4 File action message class....................................................................................................... 33
8.4.1 EBT file update request data (dataset identifier “EC”) ............................................................ 33
8.4.2 EBT file update response data (dataset identifier “ED”) ......................................................... 33
8.5 Reversal message class ......................................................................................................... 34

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8.5.1 Reversal message processing rules ....................................................................................... 36

8.6 Administrative message class ............................................................................................... 36
8.7 Network management message class ................................................................................... 37
9 WIC Smart Card EBT message processing .............................................................................. 39
9.1 Card Acceptor Device (CAD) messages .................................................................................. 39
9.2 Discounts and coupon information - Smart Card WIC EBT...................................................... 40
9.3 Surcharges information – Smart Card WIC EBT ...................................................................... 41
10 WIC Online and Smart Card EBT File processing .................................................................... 41
10.1 File names ........................................................................................................................... 41
10.2 File processing options ......................................................................................................... 43
10.3 File transmissions ................................................................................................................ 45
10.4 File errors ............................................................................................................................ 45
10.5 File records .......................................................................................................................... 45
10.5.1 Record sequence number and Addenda sequence number ................................................... 45
10.6 WIC EBT Files data element directory ................................................................................... 45
10.7 WIC EBT file data element rules ............................................................................................ 55
10.7.1 Purchase indicator ............................................................................................................... 55
10.7.2 Record formatting ................................................................................................................ 56
10.7.3 Manual voucher indicator .................................................................................................... 57
10.7.4 Date, effective and Date, end ............................................................................................... 57
10.7.5 GMT offset .......................................................................................................................... 57
10.7.6 Integrated circuit card system related data ........................................................................... 57
10.7.7 Response code ..................................................................................................................... 58
11 WIC EBT File Formats ........................................................................................................... 58
11.1 WIC claim extraction files ..................................................................................................... 58
11.1.1 WIC claim file super header record (“A0”) ............................................................................. 59
11.1.2 WIC claim file header record (“A1”) ...................................................................................... 59
11.1.3 WIC claim file detail record (“D4”) ........................................................................................ 60
11.1.4 WIC claim file addenda record (“E3”) .................................................................................... 62
11.1.5 WIC claim file trailer record (“Z1”) ........................................................................................ 63
11.1.6 WIC claim file super trailer record (“Z2”) .............................................................................. 63
11.2 WIC auto-reconciliation file .................................................................................................. 64
11.2.1 WIC auto-reconciliation super header record (“A0”) ............................................................. 64
11.2.2 WIC auto-reconciliation header record (“A1”) ....................................................................... 64
11.2.3 WIC auto-reconciliation detail record (“D4”) ......................................................................... 66
11.2.4 WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 1 (“E1”) .................................................................. 67
11.2.5 WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 2 (“E2”) .................................................................. 68
11.2.6 WIC auto-reconciliation adjustment record (“D5”) ................................................................ 69
11.2.7 WIC auto-reconciliation trailer record (“Z1”) ......................................................................... 71

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11.2.8 WIC auto-reconciliation super trailer record (“Z2”) ................................................................ 71

11.2.9 WIC auto-reconciliation amounts processing ......................................................................... 72
11.3 WIC UPC/PLU store file (APL) ................................................................................................ 73
11.3.1 WIC UPC/PLU header record (“A1”) ....................................................................................... 73
11.3.2 WIC UPC/PLU detail record (“D4”)......................................................................................... 74
11.3.3 WIC UPC/PLU abbreviated detail record (“D6”) ..................................................................... 75
11.3.4 WIC UPC/PLU trailer record (“Z1”) ........................................................................................ 75
11.4 WIC hot card list file ............................................................................................................. 76
11.4.1 WIC hot card list header record (“A1”) .................................................................................. 76
11.4.2 WIC hot card list detail record (“D4”) .................................................................................... 76
11.4.3 WIC hot card list trailer record (“Z1”) .................................................................................... 77
11.5 WIC acknowledgment file ..................................................................................................... 77
11.5.1 WIC acknowledgment header record (“A2”) .......................................................................... 77
11.5.2 WIC acknowledgment file rejection detail record (“D7”) ........................................................ 78
11.5.3 WIC acknowledgment Card acceptor detail record (“D8”) ...................................................... 79
11.5.4 WIC acknowledgment transaction rejection addenda record (“E5”) ....................................... 80
11.5.5 WIC acknowledgment trailer record (“Z1”) ............................................................................ 80
11.6 WIC state benefit file ............................................................................................................ 81
11.6.1 WIC state benefit header record (“A1”) ................................................................................. 81
11.6.2 WIC state benefit detail record (“D4”) ................................................................................... 82
11.6.3 WIC state benefit addenda record (“E4”) ............................................................................... 83
11.6.4 WIC state benefit trailer record (“Z1”) ................................................................................... 83
12 Processing Considerations .................................................................................................... 84
12.1 Receipt data ......................................................................................................................... 84
12.2 UPC/PLU store file (APL) and National UPC database ............................................................. 86
12.3 WIC Smart Card split tender processing ................................................................................. 86
12.4 WIC Smart Card EBT benefit reversal processing .................................................................... 86
Annex A - Data element code tables ........................................................................................................ 88
A.1 Error identifier code (“D7” and “E5” records)......................................................................... 88
A.2 Integrated circuit card (ICC) result code (“D4” record)............................................................ 94
A.3 Item action code (bit 62-PS-8 and 62-ED-20) .......................................................................... 94
A.4 Manual voucher indicator (bit 62-ED-19 and “D4” record) ..................................................... 96
A.5 Message reason codes (bit 25 and “D4”, “D5” and “E3” records) ............................................ 97
A.6 Purchase indicator (bit 62-ED-16 and “D4” record) .............................................................. 100
A.7 File identifier code .............................................................................................................. 101
A.8 Benefit unit description (“D4” UPC/PLU records and bit 62-EA-12) ....................................... 101
A.9 WIC State Agency identifiers ............................................................................................... 103
A.10 Compression code .............................................................................................................. 106
A.11 WIC EBT US ASCII character set usage.................................................................................. 106
A.12 WIC EBT processing codes ................................................................................................... 110

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A.13 File name ........................................................................................................................... 111

A.14 Message type .................................................................................................................... 112
A.15 Unit of measure (“D4” and “D6” UPC/PLU records and bit 62-EA-12) ................................... 113
A.16 Price type .......................................................................................................................... 113
Annex B - Samples of Reversal File Records........................................................................................... 114
Annex C - Version 4 (V4) considerations ................................................................................................ 116
Annex D - V4 File Processing Flow ......................................................................................................... 117
Annex E - Smart Card Security .............................................................................................................. 118

Tables

Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements ............................................................ 5

Table 2 EBT balance information (dataset identifier “EA”) ................................................................. 20
Table 3 WIC Online EBT mandatory and optional transaction set....................................................... 23
Table 4 Verification messages mandatory and conditional data elements ......................................... 25
Table 5 Financial presentment messages mandatory and conditional data elements ......................... 27
Table 6 EBT file update response data (dataset identifier “ED”) ......................................................... 33
Table 7 Reversal message mandatory and conditional data elements ................................................ 34
Table 8 Administrative message mandatory and conditional data elements ...................................... 36
Table 9 Network management messages mandatory and conditional data elements ......................... 37
Table 10 WIC Smart Card EBT CAD messages (by ICC result code) ........................................................ 39
Table 11 Base 36 conversion .............................................................................................................. 42
Table 12 File naming .......................................................................................................................... 42
Table 13 Files data element directory ................................................................................................. 47
Table 14 WIC claim file super header record (“A0”) ............................................................................. 59
Table 15 WIC claim file header record (“A1”) ...................................................................................... 59
Table 16 WIC claim file detail record (“D4”) ........................................................................................ 60
Table 17 WIC claim file addenda record (“E3”) .................................................................................... 62
Table 18 WIC claim file trailer record (“Z1”) ........................................................................................ 63
Table 19 WIC claim file super trailer record (“Z2”) .............................................................................. 63
Table 20 WIC auto-reconciliation super header record (“A0”) ............................................................. 64
Table 21 WIC auto-reconciliation header record (“A1”) ....................................................................... 66
Table 22 WIC auto-reconciliation detail record “(D4”) ......................................................................... 66
Table 23 WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 1 (“E1”) .................................................................. 68
Table 24 WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 2 (“E2”) .................................................................. 69
Table 25 WIC auto-reconciliation adjustment record (“D5”) ................................................................ 70
Table 26 WIC auto-reconciliation trailer record (“Z1”) ......................................................................... 71
Table 27 WIC auto-reconciliation super trailer record (“Z2”) ............................................................... 71
Table 28 WIC auto-reconciliation amount data element sources ......................................................... 72

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Table 29 WIC UPC/PLU header record (“A1”) ....................................................................................... 73

Table 30 WIC UPC/PLU detail record (“D4”)......................................................................................... 74
Table 31 WIC UPC/PLU abbreviated detail record (“D6”) ..................................................................... 75
Table 32 WIC UPC/PLU trailer record (“Z1”) ........................................................................................ 75
Table 33 WIC hot card list header record (“A1”) .................................................................................. 76
Table 34 WIC hot card list detail record (“D4”) .................................................................................... 76
Table 35 WIC hot card list trailer record (“Z1”) .................................................................................... 77
Table 36 WIC acknowledgment header record (“A2”) .......................................................................... 77
Table 37 WIC acknowledgment file rejection detail record (“D7”) ........................................................ 78
Table 38 WIC acknowledgment Card acceptor detail record (“D8”) ...................................................... 79
Table 39 WIC acknowledgment transaction rejection addenda record (“E5”) ....................................... 80
Table 40 WIC acknowledgment trailer record (“Z1”) ............................................................................ 80
Table 41 WIC state benefit header record (“A1”) ................................................................................. 81
Table 42 WIC state benefit detail record (“D4”) ................................................................................... 82
Table 43 WIC state benefit addenda record (“E4”) ............................................................................... 83
Table 44 WIC state benefit trailer record (“Z1”) ................................................................................... 83
Table 45 Balance inquiry receipt data ................................................................................................. 84
Table 46 WIC Purchase receipt(s) data ................................................................................................ 85
Table 47 Error identifier codes ............................................................................................................ 88
Table 48 Integrated circuit card (ICC) result code values ...................................................................... 94
Table 49 Item action codes ................................................................................................................. 96
Table 50 Manual voucher indicator values .......................................................................................... 96
Table 51 Message reason codes .......................................................................................................... 97
Table 52 Purchase indicator code values ........................................................................................... 100
Table 53 File identifier codes ............................................................................................................ 101
Table 54 Benefit unit description literal and abbreviated values ........................................................ 101
Table 55 State identifier codes and WIC Authority IDs ....................................................................... 103
Table 56 Compression code .............................................................................................................. 106
Table 57 WIC EBT usage of U.S. ASCII set ........................................................................................... 106
Table 58 WIC EBT Processing code usage ........................................................................................... 110
Table 59 File name values ................................................................................................................. 111
Table 60 Message type identifiers ..................................................................................................... 112
Table 61 Unit of measure values ....................................................................................................... 113
Table 62 Price type values ................................................................................................................ 113

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Document History
Version Revision Date Updates
Draft 1.0 4/8/2010 Initial draft
Draft 2.0 4/23/2010 Draft distributed for comment
Draft 3.0 7/31/2010 Reflects updates based on comments received and conference calls held to review document
Draft 3.1 8/6/2010 Reflects updates from FNS review and comments
Reflects updates based on the comments received on Draft 3.1 and addition of record
n/a 10/22/2010
layouts for all WIC EBT files.
Incorporates updates based on Online Summit held 2/10/2011 in Grand Rapids, MI and
subsequent conference calls to resolve identified issues.
Incorporates Smart Card eWIC State Agencies X9.93-2:2008 (V4) File Features, Structural
2011 9/17/2011 Content, and Data Mapping for Development Consideration, Version 2.1, March 2011.
Incorporates the Proposal for Smartcard WIC EBT Implementation of Split Tender and Benefit
Reversal Functionality, June 2011, Version 1.0 (pending final FNS review).
Reflects updates from FNS review and comments.
2012 3/9/2012 Reflects updates based on comments received on 2011 version.
2012 9/30/2012 Reflects updates incorporating bulletins published since version dated 3/9/2012.
Reflects updates incorporating bulletins published since 9/30/2012 version, alignment with
2016 draft 8/02/2016
X9.93:2014 standards and other changes listed.
Reflects changes incorporating V4 smart card WIC clarifications, corrections and updates.
2018 2/26/2018 Updates A.9 WIC State Agency Identifiers, including new 8-digit IINs. Incorporates CR#383
Subcategory straddle for Smartcard WIC EBT – Category 19 items only.

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Changes in the 2018 version

The Technical Implementation Guide 2018 version has been aligned with the X9.93:2014 standard.
The Technical Implementation Guide 2012 version listed changes to be made to the X9.93 standard. Those
changes were incorporated in the X9.93:2014 versions of the standards. References in the Technical
Implementation Guide 2018 version to these changes have consequently been removed or updated throughout
the document.
The changes in Annex E of X9.93-1 and X9.93-2 identify the significant differences between the 2008 and 2014
versions of the X9.93 standards. These changes were reviewed and are incorporated into the Technical
Implementation Guide in this version. A list of these changes is documented in Bulletin T-019.
In addition, the following Bulletins published since the Technical Implementation Guide 2012 version have been
included as identified below:
a) T-025 2016 08 02 Update to WIC EBT Error Identifier Codes – Table 47.
b) T-024 2015 06 11 Updates to Message Reason Codes, published 6/11/2015 at Section A.5 Table 51.
c) T-023 2015 04 14 Updates to Benefit Reversal Error Identifier Codes, published 4/14/2015 at Section A.1 .
d) T-022 2015 04 09 WIC Vendor reporting of Smart Card Benefit Ending Balance, published 4/9/2015 at
Section 12.1, Table 46.
e) T-020 2015 02 02 WIC State Agencies to Exclude from End to End Encryption, published 2/2/2015 at
Section A.9 .
f) T-019 2015 01 06 Technical Implementation Guide and X9.93 alignment, published 1/6/2015 as indicated
in bulletin.
g) T-018 2016 07 11 WIC Smart Card Split Tender and Benefit Reversal Processing, published 7/11/2016 at
Sections 12.3, 12.4, A.2 and 11.2.9
h) T-017 2014 04 15 Standardized Card Reader Messages for WIC Smart Card EBT, published 4/15/2014 at
Section 9.1.
i) T-016 2013 10 28 WIC Auto-reconciliation file update - Sub-cat straddle reporting, published 10/28/2013
at Section 10.7.1.3.
j) T-015 2013 07 26 Integrated circuit card system related data, published 7/26/2013 at Sections 10.7.6, 10.6
and A.2 and subsequently updated by T-018.
k) T-014 U-005 2013 06 12 Hot Card List message reason codes and Universal Interface reason codes,
published 6/12/2013 at Section A.5
l) T-013 2013 04 04 Claim file record layout updates, published 4/4/2013 at Section 0.
m) T-012 2013 04 16 Creating the Authorized Product List - Use of the Purchase Indicator, published
4/16/2013 at Section 10.7.1.
n) T-010 2012 10 12 Use of Security related control information for DUKPT encryption, published 10/12/2012
at Section 6.1.
o) T-009 2012 11 15 WIC tender for zero amount and tax implications, published 11/15/2012 at Section 8.3.2
and 0.
p) T-008 2012 07 27 WIC EBT Food item abbreviations, published 10/11/2012 at Section A.8
q) T-007 2012 10 30 Reporting WIC Redemptions, published 10/30/2012 at Section 12.1.
r) T-006 2012 08 09 Updates to WIC file formats, published 8/9/2012 at Section 11.5.4, 10.6 and Error!
Reference source not found..
s) T-004 2012 08 09 WIC Code Value Updates, published 9/19/2012 at Sections A.5 11.6.2 and A.12
t) T-002 2013 01 25 Handling declined and partially approved WIC transactions at the POS, published
1/25/2013 at Section 8.3.5 and 8.3.1.

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u) Clarified submittal requirements for NUPC in 12.2.

v) 8.5.1 Added clarification to ensure any return complies with allowable situations per FNS policy.
w) 12.3 WIC Split Tender Processing – clarified language for consistency with FNS policy. No technical change.
x) 8.3.2 Discounts and coupon information. Clarifying language added for line item discounts and CVB items.
y) 9.2 added new section to clarify smart card handling of coupons and discounts.
z) 9.3 add new section to clarify smart card handling of surcharges information.
aa) 10.7.1.3 Sub-Category straddle. Added ability for smart card EBT to handle Sub-Category straddle for Cash
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V4 updates are listed below.

a) 10.4 File Errors - File errors are only sent in response to the three claim file types – Single Claim,
Transaction Claim and Aggregate Claim files. Action: Deleted other file types for file errors.
b) Updated Message Reason codes from CR#383. Modified text for codes 5653 and 5698 in A.5 .
c) Updated A.15 Unit of Measure to allow use of A.8 Benefit Unit Description in the UOM field throughout
the TIG. This change also updated notes for each UOM reference in each file or message record.
d) Various edits, corrections and note on file element usage added to files used in smart card EBT systems –
Claims, Auto Reconciliation, Acknowledgement, and UPC/PLU files.
e) 0 and 11.1.6. The super header/trailer records are now only required if using the Aggregate Claim file. A
Transaction Claim file no longer requires super header/trailer records.
f) 11.1.4. Added Line Item Discount to E3 Claim Addenda record as WIC vendor option. WIC claim file
addenda record (“E3”) to allow vendor option in smart cards to submit individual discount amounts
instead of netting a discount or aggregating discount. This only applies to WIC smart card EBT.
g) 11.2.6 WIC auto-reconciliation adjustment record. D5 records shall be placed prior to the super trailer
record in Aggregate Claim file ARFs.
h) 11.2.8 Auto-reconciliation super trailer record – corrected missing X9.93-2, 2014 fields (Total Settlement
Amount, Date Settlement and Amount, discount total).
i) 11.5.5. At State agency option, an acknowledgement file will be returned for a Claim Submission file or
Claim Extraction file only if an E5 or D7 record is reported. There will be one acknowledgement file per
extraction file if the claim submission file was accepted. See 11.5.
j) A.1 Error Identification codes (D7 and E5 records) have been updated for File, Transaction, and Extraction
Section levels. File level warning error identification codes (range 3000-3999) were deleted – no longer
used.
k) A.9 . Additional updates were also added to Table 55 State identifier codes and WIC Authority IDs for
newly issued Issuer Identification Numbers for several State agencies. This also includes 8-digit IIN’s.
l) 10.6 WIC EBT Files data element directory. Most Smart Card EBT State agencies zero fill the File Sequence
Number for files transmitted to WIC authorized vendors.
m) A.14 Added 1230 for purchase and 1430 for reversal for message type in all applicable files.

Note: Bulletins T-001, T-003 and T-011 were superseded and therefore not listed; Bulletin T-005 addressing
Manual Vouchers was not released.

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WIC EBT – Technical Implementation Guide

X9.93 Part 1 Messages is intended for use by any Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) application using online
message exchange to complete transactions. X9.93 Part 2 Files is intended for use for any EBT application
exchanging files.

This document provides specific implementation guidelines of the X9.93 standards for parties processing a specific
subset of EBT transactions, namely, WIC Online EBT transactions and WIC Online and Smart Card EBT files. The
Technical Implementation Guide applies to retail merchants, POS system integrators, cash register vendors, POS
terminal vendors, third party processors and EBT Card Issuer processors. The Implementation Guide describes
how the ANS X9.93 Part 1 Messages and Part 2 Files standards are to be implemented in the WIC EBT
environments and incorporates changes from the X9.93 2014 versions. For an overview of the WIC EBT Program,
refer to the WIC Operating Rules. Users of prior versions of this document are expected to comply with this
version with all new implementations and upgrades of existing implementations within two (2) years of the
publication date.

1 Scope
The implementation of a WIC Online EBT application within a state needs to insure consistency to allow for
adoption and ease of implementation for WIC Vendors providing WIC benefits.

For WIC Online EBT, Sections 5 through 8 in this Technical Implementation Guide identify the requirements for
utilizing the X9.93 Part 1 Messages.

For WIC Smart Card EBT, the messaging between the smart card and the Card Acceptor Device (CAD) at the point
of sale (POS) will be added to Section 9 in the future.

This Technical Implementation Guide also addresses the requirements for utilizing X9.93 Part 2 Files for WIC
Online and Smart Card EBT implementations in Sections 10 through 12. Any restrictions, clarifications, and/or
additional requirements are described.

A list of the specific changes to this version is included. These changes shall be incorporated in WIC Online and
Smart Card EBT implementations. Users of the Technical Implementation Guide shall reference the X9.93:2014
standards in developing their implementations.

To avoid confusion, this document uses the terms “WIC Online EBT” when referring to online processing and “WIC
Smart Card EBT” when referring to offline processing. See Section 7 for further details.

2 References
ANS X9.93:2014 Financial transaction messages – Electronic benefits transfer (EBT) – Part 1: Messages is referred
to as “X9.93-1” and “X9.93 Part 1 Messages” in this document.

ANS X9.93:2014 Financial transaction messages – Electronic benefits transfer (EBT) – Part 2: Files is referred to as
“X9.93-2” and “X9.93 Part 2 Files” in this document.

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ANS X9.131-2015 Financial transaction messages - Electronic benefits transfer (EBT) - WIC retailer interface is
referred to as “X9.131” in this document.

Operating Rules – Women, Infants and Children (WIC) – Electronic benefits transfer (EBT) dated September 2014 is
referred to as “WIC Operating Rules” in this document.

3 Terms and definitions

ISO 8583 and the X9.93 standards and the WIC Operating Rules contain terms and definitions used in this
document. The following additional clarifications are noted in this section.

Acquirer in WIC EBT refers to the entity which acquires from the WIC Vendor the data relating to the transaction
and initiates that data into an interchange system; it may be the WIC Vendor or a third party processor used by
the WIC Vendor. In WIC smartcard EBT, the Acquirer acts as another level of proxy for file exchange who compiles
transactions into a file that is passed to the forwarder for submission to the WIC State Agency. If the file is
submitted directly by the vendor, the acquiring institution ID assigned by the State agency may be the same as the
merchant ID.

Card Issuer in WIC EBT is the WIC State Agency (or its agent) which issues the WIC EBT Card to the WIC
cardholder. They may use a WIC EBT Card Issuer Processor to perform processing of WIC EBT transactions
submitted by the Acquirer.

Card Acceptor in WIC EBT is the WIC Vendor accepting the card and presenting transaction data to an Acquirer.

Forwarding institution is an entity forwarding the request or advice message in a WIC EBT data interchange
system. The Forwarding Institution is assigned a unique ID by each WIC State Agency. In smart card WIC EBT, the
merchant ID may be the same as the forwarding institution ID in claim file submissions

Receiving institution is the entity identified in an online message or in a claim submission file or auto-
reconciliation file identified by the sending institution.

4 Symbols (and abbreviated terms)

The symbols and abbreviated terms in the ISO 8583 and X9.93 standards are to be used in the implementations of
WIC EBT. Additional abbreviated terms that apply to WIC Online EBT processing have been identified in the WIC
Operating Rules.

5 WIC Online EBT message structure

X9.93 Part 1 Messages describes the message structures that may be used in EBT online processing. This section
identifies clarifications and restrictions when using the X9.93 Part 1 Messages structure for WIC Online EBT
processing. See Section 7 for the message and transaction types allowed in WIC Online EBT processing.

The following clarifications and restrictions apply to WIC Online EBT message structure:

a) For WIC Online EBT, bit map(s) are used in the messages and in dataset identifiers. These bit maps must
be used and interrogated to determine which data elements and sub-elements are present. WIC EBT
developers must not assume fixed message formats or fixed dataset identifier formats with pre-
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b) The Version number used for WIC Online EBT messages shall be “5”, identifying the version of the
standard being followed as “X9.93 2014”. This means that WIC EBT messages shall begin with “5200” for
the Financial Presentment (purchase) request messages, for example.

c) Data exchanged in messages shall be represented in any of the following manners:

ASCII alphanumeric characters

Unpacked numeric data

Character representation of binary data (bit maps and any data elements defined as “b” binary)

d) Message repeats shall not be used in WIC Online EBT processing.

6 WIC Online EBT data elements

The data element definitions, bit map positions, format, and representations in X9.93 Part 1 Messages are used as
described in WIC EBT processing except where noted in Table 1 of this document.

6.1 WIC Online EBT data element directory

All data elements and any associated sub-elements identified in Table 1 are listed in numerical order by bit map
position.

For constructed data elements which have sub-elements, the sub-elements are identified by their position in the
data element. For example, Processing code is assigned to bit 3 and the sub-element Transaction type code of
Processing code is assigned to bit 3-1, the first sub-element.

For composite data elements, i.e., those with a dataset bit map, the dataset bit map position within the composite
data element is indicated. For example, WIC prescription food item is a composite data element assigned to bit 62
and identified as bit 62-PS. The sub-element Category code in WIC prescription food item is identified as dataset
bit 62-PS-3, as its presence is indicated in the dataset bit map in position 3.

Table 1 shows the usage of each data element by Message type identifier in WIC Online EBT processing. Sub-
elements are shaded.

Note: Online messages shall be processed using the bit map provided in the message to determine the data
elements present in a message.

The condition codes used in Table 1 are:

a) “M” (mandatory) signifies that the data element is required in the message.

b) “ME” (mandatory echo) signifies the contents shall be returned unaltered in a subsequent message.

c) “C” (conditional) signifies that if the condition identified for the message applies, then the data element
shall be present, otherwise its inclusion in a message is optional.

d) “CE” (conditional echo) signifies the contents shall be returned unaltered in a subsequent message if
present in the request message.

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If no condition code is present, i.e., the table cell is blank, the data element shall not be used in the message
without prior approval of FNS.

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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
n/a Version number M M M M M M M M M M n1 See A.14
n/a Message type 100 110 200 210 304 314 420 430 800 810 n3 See 7.1.1.
identifier (MTI) 804 814
n/a Bit map, primary M M M M M M M M M M b8
1 Bit map, secondary M M M b8
2 Primary account M ME M ME ME ME LLVAR n.19
number (PAN)
3 Processing code M ME M ME ME ME an 6 319700 for balance inquiry; 309700
for purchase balance inquiry and
009700 for purchase or reversal. See
A.12
3-1 Transaction M ME M ME ME ME n2 31 participant balance inquiry, 30 for
type code purchase balance inquiry, 00 for
purchase or reversal
3-2 Account type M ME M ME ME ME an 2 97 for balance inquiry or purchase or
code 1 reversal; see X9.93-1 Clause B.1 for
values.
3-3 Account type M ME M ME ME ME an 2 00 for balance inquiry or purchase or
code 2 reversal; see X9.93-1 Clause B.1 for
values.
4 Amount, transaction M ME ME ME n 12 The amount reversed in 420; partial
reversals not allowed; echoed from
420 in 430. Includes surcharges that
are incorporated in the Item price,
see 8.3.3 and 11.2.9.

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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
5 Amount, settlement C N 12 Mandatory if approved or partially
(reconciliation) approved; contains approved
amount and is called “Amount,
settlement” in WIC Online EBT
processing.
7 Date and time, M M M M M M M M M M MMDDhhmmss n 10 in GMT
transmission
11 Systems trace audit M ME M ME M ME M ME M ME n6
number
12 Date and time, local M ME M ME M ME M ME M ME YYMMDDhhmmss n 12 expressed in local time of sender
transaction
14 Date, expiration C CE C CE CE CE YYMM n4 As on the card, mandatory in 100 or
200 if Track 2 data (bit 35) is not sent
Echoed in 110 or 210 if provided in
100, 200
Echoed in 420 from 200 if present
Echoed in 430 from 420 if present
15 Date, settlement C M YYMMDD n6 Mandatory for 210 if transaction is
approved or for a partially approved
store & forward
22 Point of service data M ME M ME M an 12
code
22-1 Card data input M ME M ME M an 1 Expected values are “2” - magnetic
capability stripe read or “6” key entered
22-2 Cardholder M ME M ME M an 1 Expected value is “1” - PIN
authentication
capability

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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
22-3 Card capture M ME M ME M an 1 Expected values are “0” – none or
capability “1” - capture
22-4 Operating M ME M ME M an 1 Expected values are “1” – on
environment premises of Card acceptor, attended
or “2” – on premises of Card
acceptor, unattended for self-
checkout
22-5 Cardholder M ME M ME M an 1 “0” – cardholder present
present
22-6 Card present M ME M ME M an 1 “1” – card present
22-7 Card data input M ME M ME M an 1 Expected values are “2” – magnetic
mode stripe read or “6” – key entered
22-8 Cardholder M ME M ME M an 1 Expected value “1” - PIN
authentication
method
22-9 Cardholder M ME M ME M an 1 Expected value “3” – Authorizing
authentication entity agent
22-10 Card data output M ME M ME M an 1 Expected values are “0” – unknown
capability or “1” - none
22-11 Terminal output M ME M ME M an 1 Expected values are “0” – unknown,
capability “1” – none, “2” – printing, “3” –
display, “4” – printing and display
22-12 PIN capture M ME M ME M an 1 Expected values are “1” – device PIN
capability capture capability unknown, “4” – 4
characters or “5” – 5 characters

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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
24 Function code M M M ME M M ME n3 “108” or “160” in balance inquiry;
“200” in purchase; “203” or “208” in
store and forward, “400” in
reversals/voids; ”801”, “802”, “811”,
or “831” in network management
25 Message reason M C n4 Value is “4000” for a void; see A.5
code for other values.
26 Merchant category M M ME n4
code
30 Amounts, original M n 24
30-1 Original amount, M n 12
transaction
30-2 Original amount, M n 12
reconciliation
32 Acquiring institution M ME M ME M ME M ME LLVAR n…11 In 420 reversal advice, may be
identification code different than 200 request when 420
is generated by a different party
33 Forwarding C CE C CE C CE LLVAR n…11 Mandatory when not the same as
institution originating institution.
identification code
35 Track 2 data C CE C CE CE CE LLVAR z…37 Mandatory if track data was read at
the POS in 100/200; echoed in 420 if
present in request. See 0
37 Retrieval reference M ME M ME M ME an 12 WIC Online EBT does not format the
number sub-elements of Retrieval reference
number as specified in X9.93. Value
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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
38 Approval code C C CE an 6 Mandatory if accepted/approved
Mandatory echo from 210 in 420, if
210 received, or if a void
39 Action code M M M M M an 3 See X9.93 Part 1 for values
41 Card acceptor M ME M ME C CE ME an 8 Mandatory if required by the WIC
terminal authority in 304 message
identification
42 Card acceptor M ME M ME ME an 15
identification code
43 Card acceptor M ME M ME ME LLVAR ans…99
name/location
43-1 Card acceptor M ME M ME ME ans…83
name/street/city
43-2 Card acceptor M ME M ME ME LLVAR ans 10
postal code
43-3 Card acceptor M ME M ME ME ans 3 Region, state or province
region
43-4 Card acceptor M ME M ME ME ans 3 See ISO 3166 for values
country code
44 Additional response C C C LLVAR an…25 Mandatory if Action code is “307” –
data format error; see 7.1.4 and X9.93-1
Section 7.1.3 on Error processing.
WIC Online EBT does not use the
phone number option. Value set by
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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
48 Additional data, M ME M ME M ME ME LLLVAR ans…255 For file updates, contains the WIC
private merchant ID (dataset identifier
“WN”) and Benefit issuing entity
(WIC authority ID or State, dataset
identifier “IS”)
48-1 Additional data M ME M ME M ME ME a2
dataset
identifier
48-2 Additional data M ME M ME M ME ME n3
length
48-3 Additional data M ME M ME M ME ME ansb…250
information
48-IS Benefit issuing entity M an 15 WIC authority ID or state
48-VN Voucher number C CE CE an 15 Mandatory if voucher clear
transaction; see 8.3.6
48-WN WIC merchant ID M ME M ME M ME ME ME an 12
49 Currency code, M ME ME n3 Always “840” = USD
transaction
52 Personal M C b8 Triple DES (DES3) encryption is
identification minimum required method; end to
number (PIN) data end encryption may be used if
utilized by the WIC Vendor and their
Acquirer, see 0. Mandatory in 200
except for voucher clear
transactions.
53 Security related C CE C CE CE Mandatory if using DUKPT
control information encryption

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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
54 Amounts, additional C CE CE LLLVAR ans…120 Mandatory if coupon/discount
amounts are present in 200
Mandatory, echoed in 420 if present
in 200
54-1 Account type C CE CE an 2 See X9.93-1 Clause B.1 for values.
code, amounts
additional
54-2 Amount type C CE CE an 2 See X9.93-1 Clause B.4 for values.
code, amounts
additional
54-3 Currency code, C CE CE n3 Always “”840” = USD
amounts
additional
54-4 Amount, C CE CE xn 12 Contains the total discount amount;
amounts “x” = “C” for credit” or “D” for debit;
additional see 8.3.2.
56 Original data M ME LLVAR n…42
elements
56-1 Original message M ME n4
type
56-2 Original systems M ME n6
trace audit number
56-3 Original date and M ME YYMMDDhhmmss n 12 As was set by the originator of the
time, local transaction
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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
56-4 Original acquiring M ME LLVAR n…11
institution
identification code
59 Transport data C C C C C LLLVAR ans…999 Mandatory in 110, 210 ,314, 430 and
8xx responses if additional
information to be provided in the
response
60 EBT data C C C C LLLVAR ansb…999 Contains overflow data from bit 61
61 EBT data C C C C LLLVAR ansb…999 Contains overflow data from bit 62
62 EBT data C M C M M LLLVAR ansb…999 See specific dataset types for usage
62-1 EBT data dataset C M C M M an 2 Mandatory if transaction is
identifier accepted/approved in 110/210
62-2 EBT data length C M C M M n3 Mandatory if transaction is
accepted/approved in 110/210
62-3 EBT data C M C M M ansb…994 Mandatory if transaction is
information accepted/approved in 110/210;
contains the data indicated by the
dataset identifier value
62-EA EBT balance C C Mandatory if transaction is
information accepted/approved See 6.2.3
n/a EBT balance C C b4 Mandatory if transaction is approved
information bit map ; dataset bit map value is “1420”
(0001010000100000)
62-EA-1 Continuation bit b1
62-EA-2 UPC/PLU data n 17
62-EA-2-1 UPC/PLU indicator n1

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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
62-EA-2-2 Universal Product n 15
Code (UPC)
62-EA-2-2 Price look-up (PLU) n 15
62-EA-2-3 UPC/PLU check digit n1
62-EA-3 Item description ans 50 Only use printable characters in A.11
62-EA-4 Category code C C n2 Mandatory if transaction is
accepted/approved
62-EA-5 Category description ans 50 Only the first 20 characters are
significant
62-EA-6 Sub-Category code C C n3 Mandatory if transaction is
accepted/approved
62-EA-7 Sub-Category ans 50 Only first 24 characters are
description significant
62-EA-8 Unit of measure an 10 see A.8 or A.15 for values
62-EA-9 Package size n5
62-EA-10 Reserved n/a Reserved bit for future use
62-EA-11 Benefit quantity C C n5 Mandatory if transaction is
accepted/approved
62-EA-12 Benefit unit ans 50 See A.8 for values
description
62-EA-13 UPC/PLU data length n2
62-EA-14 Reserved n/a Reserved bits for future use
through
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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
62-EC EBT file update M LLVAR an…33
request data
62-EC-1 Update GMT start M CCYYMMDD n 14 See 8.4.1, in GMT
date and time hhmmss
62-EC-2 EBT file update start M LLVAR an…17 See 8.4.1
record
62-ED EBT file update M LLLVAR ansb…999 See 8.4.2 for usage
response data
62-ED-1 Continuation bit C b1
62-ED-2 UPC/PLU data C n 17
62-ED-2-1 UPC/PLU indicator C n1
62-ED-2-2 Universal Product C n 15 See 8.4.2
Code (UPC)
62-ED-2-2 Price look-up (PLU) C n 15 See 8.4.2
62-ED-2-3 UPC/PLU check digit C n1
62-ED-3 Item description C ans 50 See 8.4.2, Only use printable
characters in A.11
62-ED-4 Category code C n2 See 8.4.2
62-ED-5 Category description ans 50 See 8.4.2
62-ED-6 Sub-Category code C n3 See 8.4.2

62-ED-7 Sub-category C ans 50 See 8.4.2; only first 24 characters are

description significant
62-ED-8 Unit of measure C an 10 See 8.4.2 and A.15 State agencies
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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
62-ED-9 Package size n5
62-ED-10 Benefit quantity C 9(3)v99 n5 See 8.4.2
62-ED-11 Benefit unit ans 50
description
62-ED-12 Item price 9(4)v99 n6
62-ED-13 Price type an 2
62-ED-14 Date, effective CCYYMMDD n8 as set by sender
62-ED-15 Date, end CCYYMMDD n8 as set by sender
62-ED-16 Purchase indicator C n1 See 8.4.2, A.6
62-ED-17 Continuation bit C b1 See 8.4.2
62-ED-18 Weighted product C n1 See 8.4.2
indicator
62-ED-19 Manual voucher C n1 See 8.4.2 and A.4
indicator
62-ED-20 Item action code M n2 See A.3
62-ED-21 UPC/PLU data length C n2 See 6.2.2 and 8.4.2

62-EF Earliest benefit C C n 13 Mandatory if transaction is

expiration date accepted/approved, see 6.2.4
62-EF-1 Earliest benefit C C an 2 Mandatory if transaction is
expiration date accepted/approved see 6.2.4
dataset identifier

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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
62-EF-2 Earliest benefit C C n3 Mandatory if transaction is
expiration date data accepted/approved length of Earliest
length benefit expiration date information,
see 6.2.4
62-EF-3 Earliest benefit C C CCYYMMDD n8 Mandatory if transaction is
expiration date accepted/approved, see 6.2.4
information
62-PS WIC prescription M C LLLVAR ansb…999 See 6.2.5 for usage
food item
n/a WIC prescription M C b2 200 is hex “4620”, submitted as 2
food item bit map bytes of binary data
(0100011000100000). 210 values
vary depending on data returned.
62-PS-1 Continuation bit b1
62-PS-2 UPC/PLU data M C n 17 See 6.2.2
62-PS-2-1 UPC/PLU indicator M C n1 See 6.2.2
62-PS-2-2 Universal Product C C n 15 Mandatory if UPC/PLU indicator =
Code (UPC) “0”, right justified, zero-filled; See
6.2.2
62-PS-2-2 Price look-up (PLU) C C n 15 Mandatory if UPC/PLU indicator =
“1”, right justified, zero-filled; See
6.2.2
62-PS-2-3 UPC/PLU check digit M C n1 Included in UPC/PLU data length; last
position of UPC/PLU data; See 6.2.2
62-PS-3 Category code n2
62-PS-4 Sub-Category code n3

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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
62-PS-5 Units 9(3)v99 n5
62-PS-6 Item price M C 9(4)v99 n6 Mandatory in 210 if item in error or
partially approved. The price of one
unit of the item indicated by the
UPC/PLU data; in 200 the shelf price;
in 210 the approved price; for CVB
items value is $1.00 or 100 pennies
(000100)
62-PS-7 Purchase quantity M C 9(3)v99 n5 Mandatory in 210 if item in error or
partially approved. In 200 requested
quantity, in 210 the approved
quantity; for CVB it is the price of the
item in pennies
62-PS-8 Item action code C n2 Mandatory in 210 if item in error or
partially approved, see A.3
62-PS-9 Original item price C 9(4)v99 n6 Mandatory if Item price differs from
Original item price, e.g., for an NTE
price adjustment. CVB items value is
$1.00 or 100 pennies (000100)
62-PS-10 Original purchase C 9(3)v99 n5 Mandatory if Purchase quantity
quantity differs from Original purchase
quantity in 200 request, e.g. for a
store and forward transaction.
62-PS-11 UPC/PLU data length M C n2 Mandatory in 210 if item in error or
partially approved. See 6.2.2
62-PS-12 Reserved n/a Reserved bits for future use
through
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Table 1 WIC Online EBT messages data element requirements

Message used in Format Representation Usage notes

Purchase / File Action
Store & 304/314 Network
Bit Data Element Balance Reversal or
Forward or Management
Inquiry Void
Voucher 800/810 or
100/110 420/430
Clear 804/814
200/210
93 Transaction M ME LLVAR ans…11
destination
institution
identification code
94 Transaction M ME LLVAR ans…11
originator institution
identification code
96 Key management C C LLLVAR b…999 Mandatory when function code =
data “811”; see 6.2.6.
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6.2 WIC Online EBT data element rules

The following sections explain additional data element rules used in WIC Online EBT processing.
6.2.1 Date and time, local transaction (bit 12) and Date, settlement (bit 15)
The data and time in the purchase transaction (200/210 messages) is provided by the POS as of the date and time
at the POS. It is recalculated by the EBT Card Issuer processor host system for time zone corrections to determine
the appropriate benefit period for the transaction and in dispute resolution. The original data shall not be altered.
In WIC EBT files, Date and time, local transaction is 14 positions formatted as CCYYMMDDhhmmss and Date,
settlement is 8 positions, formatted as CCYYMMDD.
6.2.2 UPC/PLU data (bit 62-2)
For WIC EBT, a check digit is required for UPCs and PLUs. The UPC or PLU is right justified in the UPC/PLU data
element before calculating the check digit. The UPC/PLU data element is 17 positions. The first sub-element is the
UPC/PLU indicator (62-2-1). The second sub-element is the UPC/PLU (62-2-2). The third sub-element is the
UPC/PLU check digit (62-2-3) and is in the last position of UPC/PLU data element. The UPC/PLU check digit is
calculated using the UPC-A check digit algorithm from GS1.
The UPC/PLU data length (62-PS-11, 62-ED-21 and 62-EA-13) indicates the number of significant digits in the
UPC/PLU data element, including the check digit. The length value includes the check digit as a significant digit,
e.g., 12, 13 or 14 digits for UPC-A, EAN or GTIN and check digit, 6 digits for 5-digit PLU and check digit, 5 digits for
4-digit PLU and check digit. UPC-E barcode data should be converted to their full length UPC equivalent for WIC
EBT processing.
6.2.2.1 Check Digit Calculation
In the UPC-A system, the check digit is calculated as follows:
a) Multiply the odd numbered positions by three.
b) Multiply the even numbered positions by one.
c) Sum the results of Step 2 and Step 3.
d) Subtract the sum from the nearest equal or higher multiple of ten. The difference represents the
check sum digit.
e) The positions are displayed below:
* Assume PLU codes are 5 digits with 0 (zero) the leading digit for standard and 9 as leading digits for organic.
Position N6 is the check sum digit.
For a PLU 04011 (bananas), the check digit is calculated as follows:
a) Multiply 3 times 0, 0 and 1. 3 x 0 = 0, 3 x 0 = 0 and 3 x 1 = 3.
b) Multiply 1 times 4, 0 and 1. 1 x 4 = 4 and 1 x 1 = 1.
c) Sum the results of steps 1 and 2. 0 + 0 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 8.
d) Subtract 8 from 10. 10 – 8 = 2.
40112 is the PLU for bananas with a check digit of 2.
For organic banana PLU 94011, the check digit is calculated as follows:

a) Multiply 3 times 9, 0 and 1. 3 x 9 = 27, 3 x 0 = 0 and 3 x 1 = 3.

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b) Multiply 1 times 4 and 1. 1 x 4 = 4 and 1 x 1 = 1.

c) Sum the results of steps 1 and 2. 27 + 0 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 35.
d) Subtract 26 from 40. 40 – 35 = 5
940115 is the PLU for organic bananas with a check digit of 5.
For a UPC-A barcode for tuna UPC “01111088808” (without a check digit) , the check digit is calculated as follows:
a) Multiply 3 times 0, 1, 1, 1, 8, 8 and 8. 3 x 0 = 0, 3 x 1 = 3, 3x 1 = 3, 3 x 8 = 24, 3 x8 =24 and 3 x 8 = 24.
b) Multiply 1 times 1, 1, 0, 8 and 0. 1 X 1 = 1, 1 X 1 = 1, 1 x 0 = 0, 1 x 8 = 8 and 1 x 0 = 0.
c) Sum the results of steps 1 and 2. 0 + 3 + 3 + 24 + 24 + 24 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 8 + 0 = 88.
d) Subtract 88 from 90. 90 – 88 = 2.
011110888082 is the UPC-A with a check digit of 2.
For example, a UPC-A barcode (in this case, a UPC for a can of tuna) of "01111088808X" where X is the check digit,
X can be calculated by adding the odd-numbered positions (0+1+1+8+8+8 = 26), multiplying by three (26 × 3 = 78),
adding the even-numbered positions (78+1+1+0+8+0 = 88), dividing by 10 (88 divided by 10 = 8 with 8 remainder),
subtracting the remainder from ten (10 - 8 = 2) and making the check digit 2.
6.2.3 EBT balance information (dataset identifier “EA”)
In the Balance Inquiry response (110) message and the Financial Presentment response (210) message, EBT
balance information (bit 62-EA) is returned for approved transactions to provide the balance of the WIC
Cardholder’s prescription. Table 2 shows the use of this data element and related sub-elements in WIC Online EBT
processing. Note that the “EA” dataset identifier is not to be used in bit 48 and that the dataset bit 10 is reserved.
The EBT balance information data element is a composite data element. It includes the EBT balance information
bit map, containing 8 bits (2 bytes) represented as a 4-digit hexadecimal value in the message.
Table 2 EBT balance information (dataset identifier “EA”)

Bit 62 Dataset identifier EA EBT balance information

Dataset
Name 110 210 Representation Notes
bit
1 Continuation bit b
2 UPC/PLU data n 17
UPC/PLU indicator n1 0 = UPC, 1 = PLU
UPC/PLU n 15 Right justified, zero-filled
UPC/PLU check digit n1
3 Item description ans 50 Only use printable characters in A.11
4 Category code C C n2 Mandatory if transaction is accepted/approved
5 Category description ans 50 Only the first 20 characters are significant
6 Sub-Category code C C n3 Mandatory if transaction is accepted/approved
7 Sub-category description ans 50 Only the first 24 characters are significant
8 Unit of measure an 10 See A.15 State agencies may use values from A.8 .
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10 Reserved for national use

11 Benefit quantity C C n5 Mandatory if transaction is accepted/approved
12 Benefit unit description ans 50 See A.8 for values
13 UPC/PLU data length n2
14-16 Reserved

Balance information on a cardholder’s prescription benefits may be provided as follows:

a) Prior to or after the sale, the customer may determine the balance of their benefits by performing a
balance inquiry. Balance inquiry is done with the 100/110 Verification request/response messages
and is a separate transaction from any purchases. A 200/210 Financial presentment message pair
shall not be used to perform a balance inquiry.
b) During the sale, in order to provide the customer with the initial balance of their benefits, the retailer
requests the benefit balance using a 100/110 Verification request/response message. At the
completion of the sale, the remaining benefit balance is provided in the 210 Financial presentment
response message from the Card issuer. This results in two message pairs (100/110 and 200/210) to
complete the transaction.
c) Balance information provided shall include benefits with zero balances and all balances shall be
printed on the receipt, including zero balances. If all balances are zero, the message “NO WIC” shall
be printed on the receipt.
6.2.4 Earliest benefit expiration date (dataset identifier “EF”)
In the Balance Inquiry response (110) message and the Financial Presentment response (210) message, the data
element, Earliest benefit expiration date (bit 62-EF) is mandatory when the transaction is accepted or approved. It
is returned to be printed on the receipt. It is a fixed length composite data element that does not utilize a bit map.
It is made up of three sub-elements with an overall length of 13 positions and a length indicator of 3 positions.
The first sub-element is the dataset identifier. The next sub-element is the length of the benefit expiration date
and the third sub-element is the date in the format “CCYYMMDD”. The sub-elements are shown below:
a) Earliest benefit expiration date dataset identifier, (see EBT data dataset identifier)an 2, positions 1-2;
b) Earliest benefit expiration date length, (see EBT data data length) n 3, positions 3-5;
c) Earliest benefit expiration date information, n 8, positions 6-13, format “CCYYMMDD”.
For example if the earliest expiration date of any of the benefits issued to a WIC Participant was April 15, 2013,
Earliest benefit expiration date would have a value of “EF00820130415”. Note that this dataset identifier shall only
be used in bit 62 or 60, 61.

If there are multiple expiration dates in a prescription, only the earliest expiration date shall be sent. Additional
optional sub-elements may be added in the future to identify multiple expiration dates for food benefits.

6.2.5 EBT data (dataset identifier “PS”) additional requirements

EBT data (bit 62-PS) in the Financial Presentment request (200) message contains the requested food items. For
a Financial Presentment response (210) message, an approved purchase contains partially approved (NTE
adjusted) WIC prescription food items only in bit 62-PS, if any. For a denied purchase, bit 62-PS contains
prescription food items in error, if applicable, with the Item price (62-PS-6) and Purchase quantity (62-PS-7) set to
zero. For a transaction denied because greater than the allowable number of food items which can be processed
are requested (Action code value is “121 – exceeds withdrawal amount limit”) no data is returned in bit 62-PS.

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For a store and forward Financial Presentment (210) message, an approved purchase will additionally contain any
rejected WIC prescription food items in bit 62-PS.
A reversal advice (420) message is recommended to contain the EBT data (bit 62) from the original financial
presentment transaction (200 or 210) messages if available.

Transactions may be split into multiple Financial Presentment request messages by the WIC Vendor to
accommodate message size restrictions in bits 60, 61 and 62. If a transaction is split into multiple messages
because the data exceeds the maximum length of EBT data (bits 60, 61 and 62 using the PS dataset identifier),
each message shall be identified uniquely, i.e., shall be assigned its own Systems trace audit number. A data
element shall not be split across bits and instead shall be moved to the next overflow bit.

6.2.6 Key management data (bit 96)

X9.93 Part 1 Messages does not provide specific processing for Key management data. For WIC Online EBT, the
following rules apply.

a) The Key management data data element shall be used to exchange keys.

b) The key shall be formatted using Triple DES (3DES), double-length.

c) The network management messages shall be used to exchange key change requests and responses.

d) If the key master is the originator of the network management request message, the Key management
data data element (bit 96) shall contain the new working key. If the originator of the network
management request message is not the key master, then the message is a request for the key to be
changed and the new key shall be sent in the response.

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6.2.7 Personal identification number (PIN) data and Track data

The Personal identification number (PIN) data and the full contents of Track 1 data or Track 2 data (from the
magnetic stripe located on the back of a card, equivalent data contained on a chip, or elsewhere) should not be
stored, except for store and forward processing requirements, by the WIC Vendor or their Acquirer in such a
manner as to allow for the reconstruction of the PIN or full contents of the track.

7 WIC Online EBT messages and transactions

X9.93 Part 1 Messages describes messages that are sent between Acquirers and Card Issuers. The messages are
grouped into message classes, i.e., authorization, verification, financial presentment, file actions, reversal,
administrative and network management.
Within each message class there are request, response, advice, advice response, and notification messages.
Each message class uses pairs of Message type identifiers to describe a type of transaction, i.e., balance inquiry,
purchase, void, etc.
7.1.1 Mandatory WIC Online EBT transaction types
The following Message type identifiers described in X9.93 Part 1 Messages are mandatory in WIC Online EBT. The
file action and administrative message classes may be used in WIC Online EBT, but are considered optional as
shown in Table 3.
Other Message type identifiers (e.g., 220/230) may be used for closed loop EBT Card Acceptor Devices (CADs) that
are connected to an Acquirer. The format and use of these other Message type identifiers are not addressed in
this Technical Implementation Guide except in smart card files where 230 is utilized; see Table 60.
Table 3 WIC Online EBT mandatory and optional transaction set

Optional message
Transaction type Mandatory message type identifiers
type identifiers
100 110 200 210 420 430 800/804 810/814 304 314 644
Balance Inquiry x x
Purchase x x
Store and forward x x
Partial approvals x x
Voucher clear (previously authorized), see x x x x
8.3.6
Reversals x x
Void x x
Network management x x
UPC/PLU store file (APL) updates x x
Error message notification x

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7.1.2 Message flows

WIC Online EBT follows the message flows described in X9.93 Part 1 Messages except where otherwise noted in
the Message class descriptions in Section 8.

7.1.3 Exception message flows

X9.93 Part 1 Messages defines the use of reversals for late response and time out situations. In WIC Online EBT,
only the reversal on late response, as described in Clause 7.1.4.2 of the X9.93 Part 1 Messages standard is
required between the Acquirer, or their agent, and the Card Issuer, or their agent. See Section 8.5 for details of
reversal messages.

7.1.4 Message errors

Clauses 7.1.3 and 8.6 in X9.93 Part 1 Messages describe the message error processing that is used in WIC Online
EBT. The Additional response data (bit 44) data element is not required in File Action or Network management
response messages.

The message error indicator (bit 18) may be used in the response or advice response messages to provide specific
information regarding an error in a particular data element, sub-element, or dataset identifier, however, support
for this use shall not be required.

7.2 WIC Online EBT Transaction processing

In X9.93 Part 1 Messages, “Offline processing” and “Online Processing” are described. In WIC EBT the terms are
used differently. “Online processing” in WIC EBT refers to transactions completed using the exchange of real-time
messages between the Acquirer and Card Issuer that are initiated with a payment card containing a magnetic
stripe. “Offline processing” refers to transactions completed using a payment card containing an integrated circuit
chip (smart card) in the CAD at the POS.

8 WIC Online EBT message classes

This section describes how the different message classes i.e., authorization, verification, financial presentment,
file actions, reversal, administrative and network management message, are used in WIC Online EBT processing.

8.1 Authorization message class

The Authorization message class is not used as defined in X9.93 Part 1 Messages in WIC Online EBT. Transactions
are not pre-authorized and a subsequent advice submitted for payment. Instead, the Balance Inquiry Verification
request and response messages (100/110) may be used to obtain a balance prior to initiating a Financial
Presentment message.

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8.2 Verification message class

WIC Online EBT uses the verification message class for balance inquiry transactions. The PIN verification and
Purchase initiation (pre-authorizations) verification messages are not used.

Table 4 lists the mandatory and conditional data elements used in WIC Verification messages. See Table 1 for
details of usage and conditions that apply to the data elements shown.

Table 4 Verification messages mandatory and conditional data elements

Bit Verification messages Message type identifiers

Data element name 100 110
n/a Message type ID M M
n/a Bit map, primary M M
2 Primary account number (PAN) M ME
3 Processing code M ME
3-1 Transaction type code M ME
3-2 Account type code 1 M ME
3-3 Account type code 2 M ME
7 Date and time, transmission M M
11 Systems trace audit number M ME
12 Date and time, local transaction M ME
14 Date, expiration C CE
22 Point of service data code M ME
22-1 Card data input capability M ME
22-2 Cardholder authentication capability M ME
22-3 Card capture capability M ME
22-4 Operating environment M ME
22-5 Cardholder present M ME
22-6 Card present M ME
22-7 Card data input mode M ME
22-8 Cardholder authentication method M ME
22-9 Cardholder authentication entity M ME
22-10 Card data output capability M ME
22-11 Terminal output capability M ME
22-12 PIN capture capability M ME
24 Function code M
26 Merchant category code M
32 Acquiring institution identification code M ME
33 Forwarding institution identification code C CE
35 Track 2 data C CE
37 Retrieval reference number M ME
38 Approval code C

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Bit Verification messages Message type identifiers

Data element name 100 110
39 Action code M
41 Card acceptor terminal identification M ME
42 Card acceptor identification code M ME
43 Card acceptor name/location M ME
43-1 Card acceptor name/street/city M ME
43-2 Card acceptor postal code M ME
43-3 Card acceptor region M ME
43-4 Card acceptor country code M ME
44 Additional response data C
48 Additional data, private M ME
48-1 Additional data dataset identifier M ME
48-2 Additional data data length M ME
48-3 Additional data information M ME
48-WN WIC merchant ID M ME
52 Personal identification number (PIN) data M
53 Security related control information C C
59 Transport data C
60 EBT data C
61 EBT data C
62 EBT data C
62-1 EBT data dataset identifier C
62-2 EBT data data length C
62-3 EBT data information C
62-EA EBT balance information C
62-EA-1 EBT balance information bit map C
62-EA-4 Category code C
62-EA-6 Sub-Category code C
62-EA-11 Benefit quantity C
62-EF Earliest benefit expiration date C
62-EF-1 Earliest benefit expiration date dataset identifier C
62-EF-2 Earliest benefit expiration date data length C
62-EF-3 Earliest benefit expiration data information C

The following sections provide additional clarifications and describe differences from the X9.93 Part 1 Messages
requirements for the verification message class.

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8.2.1 Verification message processing codes

Only the following Processing codes are used in WIC Online EBT for balance inquiries using the Verification
messages (see A.12 ):
a) 309700 WIC available benefits inquiry – used at the POS to obtain benefit balance prior to sending a
Purchase request.
b) 319700 WIC benefit balance inquiry – used when a balance inquiry is requested by the WIC Cardholder
separately from a purchase.
8.3 Financial Presentment message class
The Financial Presentment message class is used in WIC Online EBT for full and partial approved, store and
forward, declined, rejected and voucher clear (previously authorized) transactions. Only the Financial
Presentment request and Financial Presentment response (200/210) messages are used.
Table 5 lists the mandatory and conditional data elements used in WIC Financial Presentment messages. See Table
1 for details of usage and conditions that apply to the data elements shown.
Table 5 Financial presentment messages mandatory and conditional data elements

Bit Financial Presentment messages Message type identifiers

Data element name 200 210
Message type ID M M
Bit map, primary M M
2 Primary account number (PAN) M ME
3 Processing code M ME
3-1 Transaction type code M ME
3-2 Account type code 1 M ME
3-3 Account type code 2 M ME
4 Amount transaction M ME
5 Amount, settlement (reconciliation) C
7 Date and time, transmission M M
11 Systems trace audit number M ME
12 Date and time, local transaction M ME
14 Date, expiration C CE
15 Date, settlement C
22 Point of service data code M ME
22-1 Card data input capability M ME
22-2 Cardholder authentication capability M ME
22-3 Card capture capability M ME
22-4 Operating environment M ME
22-5 Cardholder present M ME
22-6 Card present M ME
22-7 Card data input mode M ME
22-8 Cardholder authentication method M ME
22-9 Cardholder authentication entity M ME

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Bit Financial Presentment messages Message type identifiers

Data element name 200 210
22-10 Card data output capability M ME
22-11 Terminal output capability M ME
22-12 PIN capture capability M ME
24 Function code M
26 Merchant category code M
32 Acquiring institution identification code M ME
33 Forwarding institution identification code C CE
35 Track 2 data C CE
37 Retrieval reference number M ME
38 Approval code C
39 Action code M
41 Card acceptor terminal identification M ME
42 Card acceptor identification code M ME
43 Card acceptor name/location M ME
43-1 Card acceptor name/street/city M ME
43-2 Card acceptor postal code M ME
43-3 Card acceptor region M ME
43-4 Card acceptor country code M ME
44 Additional response data C
48 Additional data, private M ME
48-1 Additional data dataset identifier M ME
48-2 Additional data data length M ME
48-3 Additional data information M ME
48-WN WIC merchant ID M ME
48-VN Voucher number C CE
49 Currency code, transaction M ME
52 Personal identification number (PIN) data C
53 Security related control information C C
54 Amounts, additional C CE
54-1 Account type code, amounts additional C CE
54-2 Amount type code, amounts additional C CE
54-3 Currency code, amounts additional C CE
54-4 Amount, amounts additional C CE
59 Transport data C
60 EBT data C C
61 EBT data C C
62 EBT data M C

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Bit Financial Presentment messages Message type identifiers

Data element name 200 210
62-1 EBT data dataset identifier M C
62-2 EBT data data length M C
62-3 EBT data information M C
62-EA EBT balance information C
62-EA EBT balance information bit map C
62-EA-4 Category code C
62-EA-6 Sub-Category code C
62-EA-11 Benefit quantity C
62-EF Earliest benefit expiration date C
62-EF-1 Earliest benefit expiration date dataset identifier C
62-EF-2 Earliest benefit expiration date data length C
62-EF-3 Earliest benefit expiration data information C
62-PS WIC prescription food item M C
62-PS WIC prescription food item bit map M C
62-PS-2 UPC/PLU data M C
62-PS-2-1 UPC/PLU indicator M C
62-PS-2-2 Universal product code (UPC) C C
62-PS-2-2 Price look-up code (PLU) C C
62-PS-2-3 UPC/PLU check digit M C
62-PS-6 Item price M C
62-PS-7 Purchase quantity M C
62-PS-8 Item action code C
62-PS-9 Original item price C
62-PS-10 Original purchase quantity C
62-PS-11 UPC/PLU data length M C

The following sections provide additional requirements for the Financial Presentment message class.
8.3.1 Partial approvals and price adjustments

When a Financial Presentment response (210) message is sent, the approved WIC purchase amount, paid may be
for a lesser amount than requested. The Purchase quantity shall not be less than requested Purchase quantity
because the WIC Vendor validates the Purchase quantity against the WIC Cardholder’s benefit prescription before
submitting the Financial Presentment (200) message.
A Purchase transaction may have an Item price set to less than the Original item price provided by the WIC Vendor
due to NTE (not to exceed) pricing requirements and other cost containment adjustments. Only the adjusted
items are returned in the EBT data (bit 62) data element of the Financial Presentment response (210) message
with an Action code of “002 – approved for partial amount” and an Item action code of “26 – approved for a lower
price due to max price exceeded”.
When WIC food items are partially approved in a store and forward transaction or adjusted due to NTE pricing
requirements, the Financial Presentment response message (210) shall include only the partially approved or
adjusted food item(s). EBT data (bit 62-PS) for each partially approved or adjusted food item shall include:
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a) UPC data (bit 62-PS-2),

b) Item price (bit 62-PS-6),
c) Purchase quantity (bit 62-PS-7),
d) Item action code (bit 62-PS-8)
e) Original item price (bit 62-PS-9)
f) Original purchase quantity (bit 62-PS-10) (for store and forward transaction where quantity is different)
In a store and forward transaction, both the Item price and the Purchase quantity may be approved for less than
what was requested. Additionally, the Purchase quantity may be less than requested because only a portion of the
items requested are available in the WIC Participant’s benefits.
An individual food item may also be rejected in a store and forward transaction because it is not available in the
WIC Participant’s benefits. The Action code is set to “002 – approved for a partial amount” and the Item action
code is set to either “27 – approved for a lower price due to max price exceeded and approved for less units than
originally requested due to insufficient units” or “03 – insufficient units”.
The discount amount in Amount, amounts additional (bit 54) in a store and forward response (210) message is not
adjusted as the result of a partial approval or NTE price edits.
8.3.2 Discounts and coupon information

X9.93 Part 1 Messages provides for reporting the discount or coupon amount in two ways in the Financial
Presentment request (200) and response (210) messages as described below:
a) The discount amount may be in Amount, amounts additional (bit 54-4) of Amounts, additional (bit 54) as
indicated by the Amount type code (bit 54-2) value of “52” (amount discount) when reporting on the
discount amount for the entire transaction.
b) The discount amount may be netted from the Item price (bit 62-6) by the WIC Vendor in the WIC
prescription food item (Dataset identifier “PS”) data element when reporting on a single, non-CVB food
item in the Financial Presentment request (200) message. Please note that netting the discount amount
could affect the calculation of the future NTE for the food item. The discount amount shall be netted from
the Item price (bit 62-6) for CVB items.
Discounts or coupons are handled in transactions as described below:
a) There is no separate data element or sub-element in the Financial Presentment request (200) or response
(210) messages for the discount amount applied to the Item price.
b) Discounts are calculated at the point in time that WIC payment is initiated. The discount is not
recalculated if items or discounts are added to or removed from the order after the WIC payment is
finalized.
c) The amount, discount is not adjusted as the result of a partial approval or NTE edit.
d) Discounts applied to non-CVB WIC items are reported in the WIC auto-reconciliation detail record
amount, discount data element as a total of the discounts applied to the transaction.
e) The amount, paid is set to zero in the 210 response or 430 advice response messages if the application of
any discounts result in a negative amount when calculating these amounts and shall not result in a net
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f) If the Amount, paid in the 210 Financial Presentment response message results in zero ($0.00) after the
application of any coupon or discount and no benefit quantity was used, the transaction shall not be
submitted for payment.
See Section 11.2.9 for a description of discount amounts in the WIC Auto-reconciliation file.
8.3.3 Surcharges information

The Operating Rules permit surcharges by commissary and cost plus WIC Vendors provided all customers are
surcharged. The following processing rules apply:
a) Surcharges are to be pro-rated across all WIC items purchased and any non-WIC items purchased.
b) Surcharges are included in the Amount, transaction.
c) Surcharges may be applied before any coupons or discounts.
d) When surcharges are calculated on the transaction total rather than the individual items, the last item on
which the surcharge is applied shall be adjusted to ensure that the sum of the Item prices times the
quantities purchased is equal to the Amount, transaction.
e) Any CVB items will reflect the application of the surcharge fee on the WIC receipt provided to the WIC
cardholder showing the remaining benefit balances. Surcharges are included in the CVB benefit reduction
for the items purchased.
8.3.4 Store and forward transactions

A Store and forward transaction is a purchase that is electronically stored with an encrypted PIN by a Card
acceptor when the Card acceptor is unable to communicate with the Card issuer to obtain an authorization. The
purchase is completed at the point of sale device utilizing the cardholder’s card and PIN and the cardholder
receives the goods purchased with no ending account balance information being provided. The Card acceptor is
responsible for securely storing the transaction information with the encrypted PIN. The stored purchase
information is later forwarded to the Card issuer for approval as a Financial Presentment transaction. The Card
acceptor accepts liability for declined or partially approved store and forward transactions.
The processing rules for a store and forward transactions are:
a) Store and forward transaction processing is only applicable for Financial Presentments
b) A store and forward transaction utilizes the Financial Presentment message class to request approval of
the completed, but not approved, transaction where the cardholder is no longer present and no Approval
code or Voucher number is available.
c) Date and time, local transaction (bit 12) is echoed from the original Financial Presentment request
message in the store and forward transaction.
d) Function code (bit 24) is set to “203” – resubmission of a previously reversed Financial Presentment or
“208” -final representment full amount in the 200 Financial Presentment message to identify a store and
forward transaction. The store and forward message is not a representment as defined in ISO 8583.
e) If a store and forward request is submitted and there are insufficient funds in the client's account, it may
be partially approved by the Card issuer for the remaining balance in the account. In the Financial
Presentment response message, Amount, transaction (bit 4) shall contain the requested amount of the
transaction and Amount, reconciliation (bit 5) shall contain the new, lesser, approved amount. If a store
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f) EBT data (bit 62-PS) shall only contain any partially approved (NTE adjusted or quantity adjusted) WIC
prescription food items or declined food items for a partially approved store and forward transaction.
g) Item action code (bit 62-PS-8) associated with a food item may have a value of “26 – approved for a lower
price due to max price exceeded” or “27 – approved for a lower price due to max price exceeded and
approved for less units than originally requested due to insufficient units” or “03 – insufficient units” in a
partially approved store and forward transaction.
h) The discount amount in Amount, amounts additional (bit 54) in a store and forward transaction is not
adjusted as the result of a partial approval or NTE price edits.
Store and forward transaction processing is implemented by Institution Identification Number (IIN) and requires
certification and approval between the Acquirer and Card issuer prior to implementation. State approval is also
required for implementation. Until this is implemented old processing rules and methodology will be in place.
Figure 1 shows the sequence of messages that flow in support of a store and forward transaction using Financial
Presentment request and response messages:

------Time------>
Acquirer EBT Card issuer
no response or response lost processor
to a previous transaction and
merchant completes
transaction offline
--------200 store and---->
forward request
<----210 store and forward
request response----

Figure 1 — Store and forward message flows

8.3.5 Declined transactions

A declined transaction shall use the Action code (bit 39) data element to indicate the reason for the decline.
Action code “116” – insufficient funds” is used to indicate that the food item is rejected due to an invalid UPC or
PLU code or there are insufficient benefits available.

The details of the declined food items are returned in the EBT data (bit 62-PS) data element of the Financial
Presentment response (210) message for Action code 002 and 116.

The WIC Participant balance information (bit 62-EA) may be returned, depending on the reason for the decline. If
the balance information is provided, it is to be printed on the receipt along with a message explaining the reason
for the decline.

8.3.6 Voucher clear transactions

A Voucher clear transaction is a request (200) message to clear a previously voice authorized Financial
Presentment transaction where a voucher clear Voucher number and a voice approval code were assigned and the
cardholder is no longer present. The Processing code for WIC Voucher clear transactions is "009700". A PIN is not
provided, as the cardholder is no longer present. A voucher clear transaction shall not be reversed except for
errors in data content or format or for communication errors.

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8.4 File action message class

WIC Online EBT implementations may use the File action message class (304/314) for updating the information in
the UPC/PLU store file (APL) at the WIC EBT Card Issuer processor’s discretion. Updates to the UPC/PLU store file
(APL) may be for any data in the UPC/PLU store file (APL). The message layout is defined in X9.93-1, Clause 8.4.
The following sections provide descriptions of the use of EBT data (bit 62) in these messages.
8.4.1 EBT file update request data (dataset identifier “EC”)

The EBT file update request data data element is a constructed data element made up of 2 parts.
a) Update GMT start date and time, n 14. This sub-element is the date and time the EBT file update request
is effective, in GMT.
b) EBT file update start record, an...17). This sub-element will contain either the Category/Sub-Category of
the item to be updated or the UPC/PLU data to be updated.
8.4.2 EBT file update response data (dataset identifier “ED”)

The EBT file update response data sub-elements and their usage depending on the type of update are shown in
Table 6. Where a data element is shown as conditional in Section 6.1 Table 1, the condition is explained by the
type of update indicated in the EBT file update request as shown in Table 6.
Table 6 EBT file update response data (dataset identifier “ED”)

Bit 62 Dataset identifier ED EBT file update response data

Dataset bit Name Usage in UPC/PLU updates Usage in Category/Sub-Category updates
1 Continuation bit M M
2 UPC/PLU data M
2-1 UPC/PLU indicator M
2-2 Universal Product Code (UPC) M
2-2 Price look-up (PLU) M
2-3 UPC/PLU check digit M
3 Item description M
4 Category code M M
5 Category description
6 Sub-Category code M M
7 Sub-Category description M
8 Unit of measure M
9 Package size
10 Benefit quantity M
11 Benefit unit description
12 Item price
13 Price type
14 Date, effective
15 Date, end
16 Purchase indicator M
17 Continuation bit M M

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Bit 62 Dataset identifier ED EBT file update response data

Dataset bit Name Usage in UPC/PLU updates Usage in Category/Sub-Category updates
18 Weighted product indicator M
19 Manual voucher indicator M
20 Item action code M M
21 UPC/PLU data length M

8.5 Reversal message class

Reversal advice and Reversal advice response (420/430) messages are used in WIC Online EBT in response to a
late (210) Financial Presentment response and to void a transaction.
Table 7 lists the mandatory and conditional data elements used in WIC Reversal messages. See Table 1 for details
of usage.
Table 7 Reversal message mandatory and conditional data elements

Bit Reversal messages Message type identifiers

Data element name 420 430
n/a Message type ID M M
n/a Bit map, primary M M
2 Primary account number (PAN) ME ME
3 Processing code ME ME
3-1 Transaction type code ME ME
3-2 Account type code 1 ME ME
3-3 Account type code 2 ME ME
4 Amount transaction ME ME
7 Date and time, transmission M M
11 Systems trace audit number M ME
12 Date and time, local transaction M ME
14 Date, expiration CE CE
15 Date, settlement M
22 Point of service data code M
22-1 Card data input capability M
22-2 Cardholder authentication capability M
22-3 Card capture capability M
22-4 Operating environment M
22-5 Cardholder present M
22-6 Card present M
22-7 Card data input mode M
22-8 Cardholder authentication method M
22-9 Cardholder authentication entity M
22-10 Card data output capability M

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Bit Reversal messages Message type identifiers

Data element name 420 430
22-11 Terminal output capability M
22-12 PIN capture capability M
24 Function code M
25 Message reason code M
26 Merchant category code ME
30 Amounts, original M
30-1 Original amount, transaction M
30-2 Original amount, reconciliation M
32 Acquiring institution identification code M ME
33 Forwarding institution identification code C CE
35 Track 2 data CE CE
37 Retrieval reference number M ME
38 Approval code CE
39 Action code M
41 Card acceptor terminal identification ME
42 Card acceptor identification code ME
43 Card acceptor name/location ME
43-1 Card acceptor name/street/city ME
43-2 Card acceptor postal code ME
43-3 Card acceptor region ME
43-4 Card acceptor country code ME
44 Additional response data C
48 Additional data, private ME
48-1 Additional data dataset identifier ME
48-2 Additional data data length ME
48-3 Additional data information ME
48-WIN WIC merchant number ME
48-VN Voucher number CE
49 Currency code, transaction ME
53 Security related control information CE
54 Amounts, additional CE
54-1 Account type code, amounts additional CE
54-2 Amount type code, amounts additional CE
54-3 Currency code, amounts additional CE
54-4 Amount, amounts additional CE
56 Original data elements M ME
56-1 Original message type M ME
56-2 Original systems trace audit number M ME
56-3 Original date and time, local transaction M ME
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Bit Reversal messages Message type identifiers

Data element name 420 430
56-4 Original acquiring institution identification code M ME
59 Transport data C

The following sections provide additional requirements for Reversal messages.

8.5.1 Reversal message processing rules

a) Reversals shall not be used for adjustments.

Reversals shall not be used to process food returns. Returns are not allowed in WIC EBT except for exchange of an
identical food item if the item is defective, spoiled, or the current date exceeds product ‘use by’ date.

Representments shall not be used in WIC Online EBT.

While the POS may generate a reversal on time-out, the Acquirer will determine if it is to be sent to the Issuer
based on whether a response to the original request was received at the Acquirer. Thus, only reversals on a late
response are used between the Acquirer and Issuer. The Acquirer shall continue to send the Reversal advice (420)
message until the Reversal advice response (430) is received.

The Amount, transaction (bit 4) in Reversal advice (420) messages is the amount reversed; partial reversals are not
allowed in WIC EBT.

Reversals shall be used to void a transaction.

Reversals may have a unique Systems trace audit number (bit 11) and shall have the Original systems trace audit
number from the Financial Presentment message (0200) in Original data elements (bit 56).

Message reason code (bit 25) shall be used to indicate the reason for the reversal, see A.5 for values.

8.6 Administrative message class

Administrative notification (644) messages may be used to notify of an error condition detected by the
receiver in a previously submitted message that:

a) cannot be parsed by the receiver or,

b) contains a Message type identifier that is not recognized by the receiver.

It is recommended that Administrative notifications be supported in WIC Online EBT implementations.

Table 8 lists the mandatory and conditional data elements used in WIC Administrative notification messages as
specified in Clause 8.6 of X9.93 Part 1 Messages.

Table 8 Administrative message mandatory and conditional data elements

Bit Error messages Message type identifier

Data element name 644
Message type ID M

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Bit Error messages Message type identifier

Data element name 644
Bit map, primary M
1 Bit map, secondary M
7 Date and time, transmission M
11 Systems trace audit number M
12 Date and time, local transaction M
24 Function code M
33 Forwarding institution identification code C
72 Data record M
93 Transaction destination institution identification code M
94 Transaction originator institution identification code M
100 Receiving institution identification code C

8.7 Network management message class

Network management messages, the 800/810 or 804/814 message pair, shall be supported in WIC Online EBT
interfaces between processors, Acquirers and Card Issuers. WIC Vendors shall support this message class if
directly connected to the Card Issuer or their processor for use in managing encryption keys.
Table 9 lists the mandatory and conditional data elements used in WIC Verification messages. See Table 1 for
details of usage.
Table 9 Network management messages mandatory and conditional data elements

Bit Network management messages Message type identifiers

Data element name 800/804 810/814

n/a Message type ID M M

n/a Bit map, primary M M

1 Bit map, secondary M M

7 Date and time, transmission M M

11 Systems trace audit number M ME

12 Date and time, local transaction M ME

24 Function code M ME

25 Message reason code C

39 Action code M

59 Transport data C

93 Transaction destination institution identification code M ME

94 Transaction originator institution identification code M ME

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Bit Network management messages Message type identifiers

Data element name 800/804 810/814

96 Key management data C C

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9 WIC Smart Card EBT message processing

WIC Smart Card EBT uses messages between the smart card and the card reader in the Card Acceptor Device
(CAD) to complete transactions at the POS. Current implementations use jointly developed, common messaging
formats that have been certified with a number of commercial electronic cash register systems. The X9.131-2015
Financial transaction messages - Electronic benefits transfer (EBT) - WIC retailer interface standard defines the
required messaging for these interfaces.
9.1 Card Acceptor Device (CAD) messages
Certain conditions the Card Acceptor Device (CAD) and the WIC EBT Card may encounter require notifying the WIC
Cardholder that processing cannot continue. WIC Smart Card EBT processing requires the text messages listed in
Table 10 to display on the CAD screen when these conditions occur.
Table 10 WIC Smart Card EBT CAD messages (by ICC result code)

Description Message Display ICC result code

Default value. Valid/successful transaction. Do Not Remove Card 0x00

The card presented for transaction contains the cardholder PIN that is already blocked Card Error Return to Clinic 0x01
from a previous transaction.

The card serial number part of the PAN could not be successfully retrieved. Card Error Return to Clinic 0x02

A read error occurred while attempting to read the PAN and the Issuer Identification Card Error Return to Clinic 0x03
Number (IIN) on the card. This code is not associated with error encountered while
selecting the root of the dedicated file system on the card.

The card is not able to process the cryptographic commands or when the cryptogram Card Error Return to Clinic 0x04
received from the card fails to match with the one calculated by the CAD for that card.

A read error occurred while attempting to read WIC administrative information. This Card Error Return to Clinic 0x05
code is not associated with error encountered while selecting the root of the
dedicated file system for WIC on the card.

All allowed attempts to present WIC Vendor codes used to access the WIC card failed Card Error Return to Clinic 0x06
due to excessive invalid secret code retries.

IIN for the WIC Authority has expired, is no longer authorized. Card Error Return to Clinic 0x07

The maximum # of PIN retries has been exceeded but the card failed to block access Card Error Return to Clinic 0x08
upon a subsequent valid PIN entry.

The major or minor data version information read from the card do not match that for Card Error Return to Clinic 0x09
the WIC Authority.

An error was encountered while determining a unique WIC food prescription benefit Card Error Return to Clinic 0x10
period.

There is no WIC food prescription benefit period on the card that matches the date No Current WIC 0x11
the card was presented at the WIC Vendor.

During this visit to the WIC Vendor, the WIC Participant enters one or more invalid PIN Card Error Return to Clinic 0x12
attempts such that the maximum number of PIN attempts allowed by the card has
been exceeded.

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Description Message Display ICC result code

The card presented for transaction has already been marked as locked in a previous Card Error Return to Clinic 0x14
transaction.

The transaction is reversed because the WIC Cardholder does not have an alternate Benefits restored 0x15
tender for a CVB split tender purchase.

A card that has a damaged chip. Invalid/Damaged Card n/a

A card where the IIN does not match a valid WIC Authority in the WIC Vendor’s Invalid/Damaged Card n/a
system.

The card does not contain any remaining benefits in the WIC Participant’s benefit No Current WIC n/a
prescription that are valid for the current date

Verification that cardholder entered PIN is equal to the stored value on the card. Enter PIN n/a

Second or greater attempt to verify cardholder entered PIN is equal to the stored PIN Re-enter PIN n/a
value on the card. If the system provides the option for a limited number of PIN Invalid PIN
retries, upon reaching the limit, the CAD will display “Invalid PIN” then ”Remove Card”
Remove Card
after a few seconds.

The card was removed from the CAD before the WIC Participant was instructed to Card Removed n/a
remove it.

The type of card (training, production/redemption) inserted does not match the mode Authentication Failed n/a
setting of the CAD.

9.2 Discounts and coupon information - Smart Card WIC EBT

X9.93 Part 2 files provides for reporting the discount or coupon amount in three ways in the WIC claim file detail
record (D4) as described below:

a) The discount amount may be in Amount, discount when reporting on the discount amount for the entire
transaction in the D4. This total discount amount for a purchase is the aggregate of any transaction level
discount plus any line item discount(s), if reported in the E3 records.

b) The discount amount may be netted from the Amount, transaction in the D4 by the WIC Vendor. The
discount amount is netted from the D4 Amount, transaction only when also netted from the E3 Claim
price records. Please note that netting the discount amount could affect the calculation of the future NTE
for the food item.

c) Amount, Item discount may be used for discounts specific to a UPC or PLU code (e.g., line item) instead of
reporting a net amount in claim price or total discount per transaction in the D4 record. If reported, the
line item discount(s) will be combined with any transaction level or other discounts reflected in the
Amount, discount field in the D4 record and each line item discount is reported separately in the Amount,
Item Discount in the E3 addenda record.
d) If using the item discount for CVB, the claim price minus the item discount equals the benefit units and
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Discounts or coupons are handled in transactions as described below:

e) Discounts are calculated at the point in time that WIC payment is initiated. The discount is not
recalculated if items or discounts are added to or removed from the order after the WIC payment is
finalized.
f) The Amount, discount is not adjusted as the result of a NTE edit in the Auto-reconciliation file.
g) Discounts applied to WIC items are reported in the WIC auto-reconciliation detail record Amount, discount
data element as a total of the discounts applied to the transaction. In addition, the discount(s) may be
reported in the Amount, item discount field if applicable.
h) The Amount, paid is set to zero in the 1230 D4 record if the application of any discounts results in a
negative amount when calculating these amounts and shall not result in a net credit to the WIC vendor.
i) If the Amount, transaction in the D4 record results in zero ($0.00) after the application of any coupon or
discount and no benefit quantity was used, the transaction shall not be submitted for payment.
If line item discounts are supported in Smart Card EBT, the claim price minus item discount equals benefit units for
CVB items. If the discount applies to multiple CVB items, the discount shall be prorated across the number of
units.
See Section 11.2.9 for a description of discount amounts in the WIC Auto-reconciliation file.
9.3 Surcharges information – Smart Card WIC EBT
The Operating Rules permit surcharges by Commissary and cost plus WIC Vendors provided all customers are
surcharged. The following processing rules apply:
a) Surcharges are to be pro-rated across all WIC items purchased and any non-WIC items purchased.
b) Surcharges are included in the Amount, transaction.
c) Surcharges may be applied before any coupons or discounts.
d) When surcharges are calculated on the transaction total rather than the individual items, the last item on
which the surcharge is applied shall be adjusted for rounding issues to ensure that the sum of the Claim
prices minus Amount, discount is equal to the Amount, transaction.
e) Any CVB items will reflect the application of the surcharge fee on the WIC receipt provided to the WIC
cardholder showing the remaining benefit balances. Surcharges are included in the CVB benefit reduction
for the items purchased.
10 WIC Online and Smart Card EBT File processing
WIC Online and Smart Card EBT use the file formats defined in X9.93 Part 2 Files for WIC EBT. This section provides
additional information for WIC EBT processing.
Clause 5 of X9.93 Part 2 Files describes the structure of files used in WIC Online and Smart Card EBT. The basic file,
Aggregate file and Transactions-only Claim and auto-reconciliation file structure are described along with the use
of the Record sequence number and Addenda sequence number and the values for the File format version.
Files contain records that are constructed of data elements. Clause 6 of X9.93 Part 2 Files defines the data
elements, Clause 7 defines the records, Clause 8 the file processing, and Annex C the file layouts.
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In addition to the File name data element in file records, files transmitted between the WIC Vendor and the WIC
State Agency are identified by a File name. Following are the minimum requirements for File naming. Other File
names may be supported at the WIC State Agency’s option.
a) The File name shall be a standard 8.3 composition with a maximum of eight characters, followed by a
period, followed by a three character file extension, e.g., XXXXXXXX.XXX.
b) Base 36 values shall be used to identify specific File name values. See Table 11 for a table converting
Decimal numeric values to Base 36 alphanumeric values. To convert larger decimal (Base 10) values to
Base 36, conversion tools are available at http://www.unitconversion.org.
Table 11 Base 36 conversion

Decimal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Base 36 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H

Decimal 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
Base 36 I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

c) File names shall be constructed using the File coding values shown in Table 12, where “t” indicates a Base
36 format.
Table 12 File naming

Coding Value Name Description Format

Record PIC X(2) 1-2 M

AAA Extraction tracking ID A code assigned by the WIC State Agency to identify the t3
extraction file

FFF Claim submission tracking ID A value assigned by the WIC State Agency to track a claim t3
submission file; may be used by the WIC State Agency to support
optional features.

FFFF WIC Vendor ID A value assigned by the WIC State Agency to track a file; may be an 4
used by the WIC State Agency to support optional features. See
section 4.6 f) of the EBT Operating Rules for vendor ID
limitations.

FFFFFFFF Auto-reconciliation File name First 8 characters of the associated WIC State Agency Card a8
Acceptor extraction claim file

HH Hour of day Two digit value representing the hour of the day, 00-24 n2

M Compression code A code identifying the data compression method used for files. an 1
See A.10 for values.

MDYY File date Calendar month and day as base-36 values (January = 1, October MDYY, tn 4
= A; 2nd = 2, 12th = C) and last 2 digits of the calendar year
expressed in the local date and time of the sender

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Coding Value Name Description Format

NNNNNNNN Original File name First 8 characters of the referenced Claim submission or an 8
extraction file

see A.7 for File identifier code A static value in the File name extension indicating an attribute a1
values of the file

XX Suffix value A value in the File name extension used to uniquely identify the t2
file for any ordinal date in the Base 36 range of “00” to “ZZ”.
Unique for each file derived from the identified forwarding
institution’s claim submission for the day.

Using the File naming conventions, the File names defined for WIC EBT processing are:
a) MFFFMDYY.TXX (Claim submission file). A file submitted in the compression format indicated by the
forwarding institution and containing one or more WIC Extraction files.
b) MAAAMDYY.CXX (Extraction file). A WIC claim file extracted by the WIC State Agency from the
compressed WIC claim file in a Transaction-only, Aggregate or single WIC claim file.
c) FFFFYJJJ.SXX (Card acceptor claim file). A file created by the WIC State Agency or their agent for each
Card acceptor in an extracted Transaction-only or Aggregate WIC claim file. Note: This is an internal file
used by the State agency or its processor.
d) NNNNNNNN.?XX (Acknowledgment file). A file created by the WIC State Agency or their agent in
response to a file received from the forwarding institution where “?” indicates the File identifier code (see
A.7 for values).
e) FFFFFFFF.AXX (Auto-reconciliation file). A file created by the WIC State Agency to provide for
reconciliation of the claim files submitted by the WIC Vendor.
f) MDYYHHMM.XXX (APL or HCL file). A UPC/PLU store file (APL) or Hot Card List file created by the WIC
State Agency.
10.2 File processing options
The following options are available in WIC EBT file processing. WIC State Agencies may choose to support none or
any number of these options:
a) The presence of multiple WIC Vendor claims in a single WIC Claim file submission.
b) The return of WIC claim files rejected in their entirety.
c) Enhanced file services for secure encryption methods of file transmission.
d) Alternate file compression methods (see A.10 for list of compression codes).
e) A limit on the number of errors reported for an individual claim record. Once the limit is reached, a record
shall be rejected. When re-submitted, further errors may be identified.
f) Multiple, separate WIC Vendor WIC claim file submissions per day.
g) Wait flags for transfers of WIC claim files.
h) Aggregate WIC Auto-reconciliation files.
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10.3 File transmissions

WIC EBT file processing shall follow the rules defined in X9.93 Part 2: Files, Clause 8.2.
10.4 File errors
WIC Smart Card EBT shall use the file error processing described in Section 8.3 in X9.93 Part 2 Files for the
following File names:
a) AGGREGATE CLAIM FILE
b) TXNS-ONLY CLAIM FILE
c) WIC CLAIM FILE
The WIC Acknowledgment file shall contain information on rejected files using the WIC Acknowledgment file
rejection detail record (“D7”). A WIC acknowledgment transaction rejection addenda record (“E5”) shall be
generated for each transaction in error. The Error identifier code shall be used to identify the error (see A.1 ).
10.5 File records
WIC EBT uses the following types of records as defined in X9.93 Part 2 Files. The record name and the associated
Record identification code(s) are listed.
a) Super header record (A0)
b) Header record (A1, A2)
c) Detail record (D4, D5, D6, D7, D8)
d) Addenda record (E1, E2, E3, E5)
e) Trailer record (Z1)
f) Super trailer record (Z2)
10.5.1 Record sequence number and Addenda sequence number
A Record sequence number is assigned to every record in the file, in sequential order. Numbering begins at “1”
with the first record on file (the header or super header record) and is incremented by 1 for each subsequent
record on file, with the exception of addenda records.
The Record sequence numbers for addenda records contain the same Record sequence number as the associated
detail record as shown in X9.93-2.
The Addenda sequence numbers are assigned beginning with “1” for the first addenda record and incremented by
one for each subsequent addenda record associated with the detail record. One or more addenda records may be
associated with every detail record in a file.
10.6 WIC EBT Files data element directory
Clause 6 of X9.93 Part 2 Files describes the data elements used in the standard.
The data element definitions, format, and representations in X9.93 Part 2 Files are used as described in WIC EBT
processing except where noted in Table 13 which provides a complete list in alphabetical order of the data
elements used in WIC EBT files. Table 13 also identifies in which files (Claim, Auto-reconciliation, UPC/PLU, Hot
Card List, Acknowledgment or State Benefit) and in which records (identified by record identification code) the
data elements are used.
Default values for data elements in records, unless otherwise specified, shall correspond to the data element
format, i.e., numeric data elements, as indicated by a format of “n x” where “x” is the number of digits, are
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defaulted to zeroes) and alphanumeric data elements, as indicated by a format of “an x” where “x” is the number
of characters are defaulted to spaces. Additional requirements and clarification for use in WIC EBT processing is
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Table 13 Files data element directory

Data element name File and record used in (as identified by record Format Representation Notes
identification code)
Claim Auto UPC/ Hot ACK SB
Recon PLU Card
Acquiring institution A0 A1 A1 n 11 right justified, zero-filled
identification code A1 E1 D4
D4
Actual value, data E5 ans 100
element
Addenda sequence E3 E1 E5 E4 n3 See 10.5.1
number E2
Adjustment memo D5 ans 50 Mandatory if additional data is required for this record; otherwise
space filled.
Amount, adjustment D5 9(10)v99 xn 13 May be either a Debit (“D”) or Credit (“C”) amount and is not
necessarily tied to a single transaction
Amount, Card acceptor D8 9(10)v99 n 12 The total amount claimed for those transactions.
claimed
Amount, Card acceptor Z1 9(10)v99 n 12 See 11.5.5. Sum of D8 Amount, card acceptor rejected transactions
claimed total plus the Amount, card acceptor accepted transactions
Amount, Card acceptor D8 9(10)v99 n 12 See 11.5.3. The total amount actually passed on for further
accepted transactions processing. This should equal the total card acceptor transactions
minus those that were rejected.
Amount, Card acceptor Z1 9(10)v99 n 12 See 11.5.5. Sum of D8 Amount, card acceptor accepted transactions.
accepted transactions
total
Amount, Card acceptor D8 9(10)v99 n 12 See 11.5.5. The total amount claimed for rejected transactions.
rejected transactions
Amount, Card acceptor Z1 9(10)v99 n 12 See 11.5.5. Sum of D8 Amount, card acceptor rejected transactions.
rejected transactions
total
Amount, claim price total Z2 9(10)v99 n 12 Sum amount of the Claim price in WIC claim addenda records
Amount, claimed E2 9(7)v99 n9 The (final) price of the item, calculated by multiplying the Item price
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Data element name File and record used in (as identified by record Format Representation Notes
identification code)
Claim Auto UPC/ Hot ACK SB
Recon PLU Card
Amount, claimed total Z1 Z1 9(10)v99 n 12 Sum amount of the Amount, transaction in all WIC claim detail
Z2 records
Amount, discount D4 D4 9(10)v99 n 12 The amounts deducted from the gross amount of the original
transaction due to coupons or other reductions in the amount., see
11.2.9
Amount, discount total Z1 Z1 9(10)v99 n 12 The absolute value of the sum amount of Amount, discount in all detail
Z2 records, see 11.2.9
Amount, item discount E3 E2 9(10)v99 n 12 Zero-filled if not available
Amount, paid D4 9(10)v99 n 12 Amount, transaction less amount, discount and any changes for NTE or
E2 other corrections by the WIC State Agency, see 11.2.9
Amount, transaction D4 D4 9(10)v99 n 12 Funds requested by the cardholder in the local currency of the
Acquirer or source location of the transaction including surcharges, if
any, see 11.2.9
Approval code E1 anp 6 A code generated by the WIC store system (smart card WIC) or the
Issuer processor (online WIC).
Benefit issuing entity D4 D4 an 15 WIC authority ID or State
Benefit quantity D4 9(3)v99 n5 The quantity of the specified item to be deducted from the WIC
Participant’s prescription benefit when redeemed defined in the
originator’s specified benefit issuance unit of measure.
Benefit unit description D4 ans 50 A text description of the specified benefit issuance unit of measure;
D6 limited to maximum of 6 digits for receipt use; see A.8 for values
Card acceptor additional D4 ans 100 mandatory if required by bilateral agreement
description data
Card acceptor county code D4 a3 See INCITS 31
Card acceptor D4 E1 D4 D7 an 15 Mandatory on POS transactions. If not used in the UPC/PLU file, it
identification code D8 should be space filled.
E5
Card acceptor name/ D4 ans 99
location
Card acceptor D4 ans 83
name/street/city
Card acceptor postal code D4 ans 10
Card acceptor region D4 ans 3 Region, state or province
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Data element name File and record used in (as identified by record Format Representation Notes
identification code)
Claim Auto UPC/ Hot ACK SB
Recon PLU Card
Card acceptor terminal D4 E1 ans 8 Store lane number from WIC Vendor
identification
Card issuer reference data E1 ans 15 Space filled if not used by the WIC State Agency
Category code E3 E2 D4 E4 n2
D6
Category description D4 ans 50 Only first 20 characters are significant
D6
Claim file reference ID A2 an 15 blank if file status = “T”; Original Extraction File Name. Currently 12
characters, the remaining characters will be space filled
Claim file reference ID D8 an 15 The ARF name that is linked to the Extraction File. Space fill at the end.
accepted
Claim price E3 n9 total cost of all units of this UPC/PLU purchased
Count, accepted records Z1 n7 Sum of all D8 Count, card acceptor transactions minus Count, card
acceptor rejected transactions
Count, adds Z1 n7 Zero-filled
Count, Card acceptor detail Z1 n7 Count of all D8 records within the file
records
Count, Card acceptor D8 n7 The number of transactions associated with the WIC Card Acceptor
transactions that was encountered in the extraction.
Count, Card acceptor D8 n7 The number of those transactions that were rejected and not passed
rejected transactions on for further processing.
Count, changes Z1 n7 Zero-filled
Count, claims in file Z2 n 10 The number of WIC Claim file header records in an Aggregate WIC
claim file or the number of unique Card acceptor identification codes
in a transactions-only WIC claim file
Count, deletes Z1 n7 Zero-filled
Count, detail records Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 n7 The total number of D4 records in a file for the Claim, ARF, UPC/PLU,
Z2 Z2 Hot Card File and State Benefit file. For ACK files, this is the sum of D7
and D8 records in the file.
Count, forwarded files Z1 n7 If submission failed=0;if submission decompressed =1
Count, hot cards Z1 n7
Count, items D4 D4 n3
Counts, rejected records Z1 n7
Count, replacements Z1 n7 Zero-filled.
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Data element name File and record used in (as identified by record Format Representation Notes
identification code)
Claim Auto UPC/ Hot ACK SB
Recon PLU Card
Date and time, effective D4 CCYYMMDD n 14 In GMT
hhmmss
Date and time, local D4 D4 D4 CCYYMMDDhhm n 14 As set by originator of the transaction; note that in WIC Online EBT
transaction mss messages it is 12 positions formatted as YYMMDDhhmmss
Date and time, D4 D4 D4 MMDDhhmmss n 10 in GMT
transmission
Date, claim A0 CCYYMMDD n8 local date
A1
Z1
Date, claim file Z2 CCYYMMDD n8 local date
Date, effective D4 CCYYMMDD n8 as set by sender of file, see 10.7.4
Date, end D4 D4 CCYYMMDD n8 as set by sender of file, see 10.7.4
Date, settlement A1 CCYYMMDD n8 In WIC Online EBT messages, the date is 6 positions formatted as
Z1 YYMMDD
Error descriptor D7 ans 100
E5
Error detail D7 an 5 Short text description of the error indicated in the Error identifier Code
E5
Error identifier code D7 n4 See A.1
E5
Error record sequence D7 n6 Mandatory if the error identifier code in D7 refers to a specific record
number E5 sequence number. In D5, record sequence number from the Extraction
File.
Error source D7 an 15 The name of the process that evaluated and identified the error in a
E5 file or claim transaction (from x9.93)
Expected value, data E5 ans 100
element
File create date A0/A1 A0/A1 A1 A1 A2 A1 CCYYMMDD n8 See file layouts for usage
Z1/Z2 Z1/Z2 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1
File create time A0/A1 A0/A1 A1 A1 A2 A1 hhmmss n6 See file layouts for usage
Z1/Z2 Z1/Z2 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1
File format version A0/A1 A0/A1 A1 A1 A2 A1 n2 Value in all records = “05” v4 uses value = “04”
Z1/Z2 Z1/Z2 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1
File name A0 A1 A0 A1 A1 A1 A2 A1 ans 25 See A.13 for values
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Data element name File and record used in (as identified by record Format Representation Notes
identification code)
Claim Auto UPC/ Hot ACK SB
Recon PLU Card
File rejection error count A2 n7 The count of D7 records contained in the ACK file
File sequence number A0 A0 A1 A1 A2 A1 n4 Incremented by 1 with each transmission of a file of the same File type
A1 A1 and Forwarding institution identification code. Zero filled if not used.
File status code A2 an 1 Identifies the kind of acknowledgment information provided, see 11.5
File submission date A2 CCYYMMDD n8 in GMT
File submission time A2 hhmmss n6 in GMT
File type A0 A0 A1 A1 A2 A1 n8 “NEW” is used for Claim, Autoreconciliation and Acknowledgement
A1 A1 files. “UPDATE” is used for Acknowledgement files only. “REPLACE” is
used for the UPC/PLU and Hot Card Files.
First date to spend D4 D4 CCYYMMDD n8 As read from card
Forwarding institution A0 A0 A1 A1 A2 A1 n 11 Unique value assigned by the WIC State Agency
identification code A1 A1
GMT offset D4 D4 n4 See 11.2.3
GMT offset sign D4 D4 See 10.7.5
GMT offset hours D4 D4 See 10.7.5
Integrated circuit card (ICC) D4 LLVAR b…99 See 10.7.6
system related data
Integrated circuit card (ICC) D4 an 2, TLV See 10.7.6; see A.2 for values.
result code
Cyclical redundancy D4 an 8, TLV See 10.7.6
checksum
Card transaction counter D4 ans 8, TLV See 10.7.6
Card signature certificate D4 ans 8, TLV See 10.7.6
Item description D4 ans 50 Only use printable characters in A.11
Item price D4 9(4)v99 n6 If Price type indicates a price is not provided (price type = 00) this data
element is zero-filled.
Manual voucher indicator D4 n1 “0” = no, “1” = yes, see 10.7.2 and A.4 . Smartcard default is “0”.
Message reason code D4 D4 n4 See A.5
E2
D5
Message type D4 D4 D4 D4 D7 D4 n4 See A.14 V4 will use 1230 for purchase transactions and 1430 for
D5 D6 D8 reversals. Reversals will be captured via the POSCC 0x15 in claim files.
E5
Original acquiring D5 n 11
institution identification
code

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Data element name File and record used in (as identified by record Format Representation Notes
identification code)
Claim Auto UPC/ Hot ACK SB
Recon PLU Card
Original acquiring D5 n2
institution identification
code length
Original addenda sequence E2 n3
number
Original data elements D5 n 35 mandatory if Message reason code indicates this is an adjustment for a
specific transaction; otherwise zero-filled
Original date and time, D5 CCYYMMDD n 14 As was set by originator of the transaction
local transaction hhmmss
Original message type D5 n4 V4 will use 1230 for purchase transactions.
Original record sequence E2 n6 The record sequence number of the detail record in this file that is
number being adjusted in the Auto-reconciliation addenda record 2 (“E2”)
Original systems trace D5 n6
audit number
Package size D4 9(3)v99 n5 Expressed in specified units of measure, e.g., if Unit of measure is “oz”
for ounces, a one (1) pound item would be a Package size of “01600”.
Default for CVB items is “00100”.
PAN length D4 D4 D4 D4 n2 Indicates the length of the PAN (e.g., card number) in the PAN data
D5 element. 16 or 19 digits in WIC.
PAN record identification D4 an 2 Identifies whether the PAN is to be added, changed or deleted
code
Point of service data code D4 D4 an 12 Must contain the value 510111111334 or 510211111334.
Card data input capability D4 D4 an 1
Cardholder authentication D4 D4 an 1
capability
Card capture capability D4 D4 an 1
Operating environment D4 D4 an 1
Cardholder present D4 D4 an 1
Card present D4 D4 an 1
Card data input mode D4 D4 an 1
Cardholder authentication D4 D4 an 1
method
Cardholder authentication D4 D4 an 1
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Data element name File and record used in (as identified by record Format Representation Notes
identification code)
Claim Auto UPC/ Hot ACK SB
Recon PLU Card
Terminal output capability D4 D4 an 1
PIN capture capability D4 D4 an 1
Price type D4 an 2 See A.16
Primary account number D4 D4 D4 D4 n 19 WIC uses 16 or 19 digits. If 16, zero filled to the left.
(PAN) D5
Processing code D4 D4 D4 an 6 See A.12
Transaction type code D4 D4 D4 n2 See A.12
Account type code 1 D4 D4 D4 an 2 See X9.93-1 Clause B.1 for values.
Account type code 2 D4 D4 D4 an 2 See X9.93-1 Clause B.1 for values.
Purchase indicator D4 See 10.7.1 and A.6
Purchase quantity E3 9(3)v99 n5 Sum of the units purchased of a single UPC/PLU
Receiving institution A0 A1 A1 A1 A1 n 11 Used by EBT Card Issuer processor or acquiring institution to identify
identification code A1 file recipient; may contain only first 6 positions of receiving institution,
right-justified and zero-filled
Record identification code ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL an 2 See 10.5
Record sequence number ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL n6 See 10.5.1. For “A0” the value = 000001
Remote issuance reference D4 n6
number
Response code E1 an 2 See Error! Reference source not found. and see X9.93:1 Action codes
for values
Retrieval reference E1 an 12 Contains the File name of the original claim extraction file
number
State identifier code A1 A1 an 2 This data element is alphanumeric; See A.9 for values
Sub-Category code E3 E2 D4 E4 n3
D6
Sub-category description D4 ans 50 Only first 24 characters are significant
D6
Systems trace audit D4 D4 n6 See notes in 12.1 and 12.4 h).
number
Total settlement amount Z1 n 12
Transmission file name A2 ans 25 Original Claim Submission File Name. Currently 12 characters. The
remaining characters will be space filled
Unit of measure D4 an 10 See A.15. State agencies may use values from A.8
Units E3 E2 E4 n5 Number of benefit units; for CVB, this is the price of the item in
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Data element name File and record used in (as identified by record Format Representation Notes
identification code)
Claim Auto UPC/ Hot ACK SB
Recon PLU Card
UPC/PLU data E3 E2 D4 n 17 Data element contains 3 sub-elements; UPC/PLU indicator, UPC or PLU
number and UPC/PLU check digit.
UPC/PLU indicator E3 E2 D4 n1 The first sub-element in the UPC/PLU data; value of “0” indicates a
UPC and “1” indicates a PLU
Price look-up (PLU) E3 E2 D4 n 16 The second sub-element in the UPC/PLU data if UPC/PLU indicator is
“1”; the last position of this sub-element is a check digit; a PLU has a
data length of 5 (40112) or 6 (940115) digits including the added check
digit, right justified and zero-filled
Universal Product Code E3 E2 D4 n 16 The second sub-element in the UPC/PLU data if UPC/PLU indicator is
(UPC) “0”; the last position of this sub-element is a check digit. The UPC is
expanded to their full length when used in files.
UPC/PLU check digit E3 E2 D4 n1 The last digit of the UPC/PLU data
UPC/PLU data length E3 E2 D4 n2 Length value includes the check digit as a significant digit, e.g., 12 digits
for UPC-A, 6 digits for 5-digit PLU and check digit, 5 digits for 4-digit
PLU and check digit.
WIC authority ID A1 A2 n3 See A.9
WIC merchant ID D4 an 12 Value assigned by each State agency
WIC transaction sequence D4 n6
number
WIC transaction signature D4 an 99 See Annex E
WIC transaction signature D4 n2
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10.7 WIC EBT file data element rules

X9.93 Part 2 Files does not provide details on the usage by WIC EBT processing of some data elements. WIC EBT
processing also added data elements to some records. Additional details on the usage of certain data elements
and added data elements are provided in this section.
10.7.1 Purchase indicator
The Purchase indicator is a data element assigned to a UPC/PLU in the detail record (“D4”) of the UPC/PLU store
file (APL). The Purchase indicator value identifies whether the food item identified by the UPC/PLU can be
purchased with benefits issued to specific Sub-Category as well as with benefits issued in the Broadband Sub-
Category. By using the Purchase indicator, the size of the WIC UPC/PLU store file (APL) is reduced because
duplicate entries for food items that can be redeemed in this manner are eliminated. See A.6 for values.
10.7.1.1 Purchase indicator zero (“0”)
A value of zero (“0”) in the Purchase indicator data element means that the UPC/PLU food item can only be
purchased if benefits exist in the WIC Cardholder benefit balance in the specific Category and Sub-Category
identified with that UPC/PLU. If the Purchase indicator is set to '0', the UPC/PLU food item will be restricted for
redemption to the specific Sub-Category assigned by the WIC State Agency. The Purchase indicator for UPC/PLUs
for formula food items is always set to '0'.
In both WIC Online and Smart Card EBT, a single food item may be assigned to the Broadband Sub-Category
(“000”) only. If a WIC State Agency assigns an item only to the Broadband Sub-Category, the Purchase indicator is
set to zero (“0 - redeemable from this Sub-Category only”) and redemption may only occur from the Broadband
Sub-Category (“000”). UPCs assigned to this Broadband Sub-Category shall not be assigned in any other Sub-
Categories within the same Category.
The Purchase indicator for the indicated UPC/PLU for that food item is set to zero (“0”) and redemption may only
be from the Broadband Sub-Category (“000”).
In some implementations based on prior file formats, the Purchase indicator may not be present in the WIC
UPC/PLU store file (APL). If the Purchase indicator is not present in the UPC/PLU store file (APL) detail record for a
UPC and there is only one instance of the UPC, then the Broadband Sub-Category '000' shall be treated as if the
UPC/PLU for the food item had a Purchase Indicator of “0” restricting redemption to the specified subcategory.
10.7.1.2 Purchase indicator one (“1”)
A value of one (“1”) in the Purchase indicator means that the UPC/PLU food item can be purchased either with
benefits existing in the WIC Cardholder benefit balance in the specific Category and Sub-Category identified with
that UPC/PLU or, if there are insufficient benefits in the WIC Cardholder benefit balance in the specific Category
and Sub-Category associated with that UPC/PLU, the benefits in the Category and Broadband Sub-Category (“000”
value) for the UPC/PLU specified can be used.
A value of one (“1”) in the Purchase indicator is the same as older versions of a UPC/PLU store file (APL) that had
two entries for the same UPC/PLU food item; one entry for the Category and a specific Sub-Category and one for
the Category and Broadband Sub-Category (“000”). Two entries for the same UPC/PLU food item are no longer
allowed.
10.7.1.3 Sub-Category straddle
In WIC Online EBT, the benefit amount needed for a single food item may be partially redeemed from the specific
Sub-Category, with the remaining benefits redeemed from the Broadband Sub-Category for a single food item.
This method is also known as “sub-cat straddle” because the purchase is “straddled” across two Sub-Categories;
the specific Sub-Category and the Broadband Sub-Category (“000”).
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In WIC Smart Card EBT, the full benefit amount needed for a single food item must be deducted either from the
specific Sub-Category or the Broadband Sub-Category because of processing validation restrictions for all food
categories and subcategories except Category 19, CVB. For CVB, a State agency may issue to broadband (cat 19,
subcat 000) and a nonzero subcategory for fresh infant fruit or vegetables (cat 19, subcat 001). Sub-Category
straddle is permitted because the unit of one penny does not affect the computation of the ICC system related
data.
When reporting Sub-Category straddle redemptions, two “E2” WIC auto-reconciliation addenda records (see
11.2.5) shall be created, one for each Sub-Category utilized to complete the redemption.
10.7.1.4 Purchase indicator examples
Following are examples of the use of the Purchase indicator.
Example 1
A UPC/PLU food item is assigned to Category “06” / Sub-Category “004” and the Purchase indicator is set to “1”
and the WIC Cardholder attempts to purchase 4 benefit units of the food item.
The WIC Participant’s benefit prescription has 2 benefit units in Category “06” / Sub-Category “004” and has 4
benefit units in Category “06” / Sub-Category “000”. There are not enough benefit units available in the specific
Sub-Category “004”.
In WIC Online EBT, there are enough benefit units available in Category “06” / Sub-Category “004” combined with
benefits from Category “06” / Sub-Category “000” and the food item is redeemed across the two Sub-Categories
and the redemption “straddles” the Sub-Categories. The WIC Participant’s ending balance has “0” benefit units
remaining in Category “06” / Sub-Category “004” and 2 benefit units remaining in Category “06” / Sub-Category
“000”.
In WIC Smart Card EBT, there are enough benefit units available in Category “06” / Sub-Category “000”, so the
food item is redeemed from the Broadband Sub-Category. The WIC Participant’s ending balance has 2 benefit
units remaining in Category “06” / Sub-Category “004” and “0” benefit units remaining in Category “06” / Sub-
Category “000”.
Example 2
Using the same purchase as in Example 1, however, the WIC Participant’s benefit prescription only had 2 benefit
units in Category “06” / Sub-Category “004” and 2 benefit units in Category “06” / Sub-Category “000”, so there
would not be enough benefit units available in the specific Sub-Category “004”.
In WIC Online EBT, there are enough benefit units available in Category “06” / Sub-Category “004” combined with
benefits from Category “06” / Sub-Category “000” and the food item is redeemed across the two Sub-Categories.
The WIC Participant’s ending balance has “0” benefit units remaining in Category “06” / Sub-Category “004” and
“0” benefit units remaining in Category “06” / Sub-Category “000”.
In WIC Smart Card EBT, there are not enough benefit units available in either the Category “06” / Sub-Category
“000” or the Category “06” / Sub-Category “004”, so the food item cannot be redeemed and an alternative
method of payment will be requested.
10.7.2 Record formatting
For consistency and ease of processing, each record created for a file shall comply with the following formatting:
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b) Filler characters used to pad the end of a record shall be character spaces.
c) Each record in a file shall be terminated with a carriage return character and a line feed character.
10.7.3 Manual voucher indicator
The Manual voucher indicator is a data element in the UPC/PLU detail record used to indicate if an UPC/PLU food
item is allowed for purchase with a manual voucher. The default value is “1” – yes, allowed for manual voucher.
The default value for smart card State agencies is “0” - no. Manual vouchers are not used in smart card WIC EBT.
See A.4 for the list of values. The use of manual vouchers shall not be required for WIC Vendors utilizing
integrated ECR system Card Acceptor Devices (CADs).
10.7.4 Date, effective and Date, end
The effective and end dates for a food item listed on the UPC/PLU store file (APL) are used to advise the WIC
Vendor the first full day when a food item is available for purchase (Date, effective) and the last full day when it
will be available (Date, end). New items are added to the UPC/PLU store file (APL) prior to their effective date. End
dates for expiring food items or food items changing to a new category are added to the UPC/PLU store file (APL)
prior to their expiration. Food items are removed from the UPC/PLU store file (APL) after their expiration date has
passed. A food item may exist twice in an UPC/PLU store file (APL) when changing to a new category or sub-
category and if so, the Date, effective and Date, end shall not overlap between the two entries. Date, effective and
Date, end are expressed in the date and time of the sender of the UPC/PLU store file (APL).
10.7.5 GMT offset
The GMT offset data element is a constructed data element consisting of two sub-elements as follows:
a) GMT offset sign; n 1, where plus (“+”) = 1 and minus (“-“) = 0
b) GMT offset hours; n 3, 000 through 140, where the first two positions indicate hours and the last digit
10ths of an hour (1 digit decimal implied), i.e., GMT may be -12.0 hours through +14.0 hours. This is to
allow for all possible time zones.
The rules for using GMT offset are as follows:
a) The number of hours indicated in GMT offset hours is added or subtracted as indicated by the GMT offset
sign from Date and time, local transaction to convert Date and time, local transaction to GMT. The default
value is zero (“0000”). For example, if GMT offset is “0070” (-7 hours) and it is 5:00 p.m. GMT, then it is
10:00 a.m. local time because 5:00 p.m. less 7 hours is 10:00 a.m.
b) Only those time zones where 10ths of an hour are applicable shall utilize a value other than zero in the
10th of an hour position.
c) The GMT offset value assigned shall take into account daylight savings time.
10.7.6 Integrated circuit card system related data
The Integrated circuit card (ICC) system related data data element, is a special form of a composite data element
used to transmit ICC related data from the ICC to the Card issuer and from the Card issuer to the ICC. (See X9.93-1
for explanation of composite data elements).
When submitted in a WIC claim file detail record, the Integrated circuit card (ICC) system related data data
element consists of four data objects totaling up to a fixed length of 99 positions. Each of the four data objects
have an associated tag-length-value (TLV) as follows:
a) Tag, an 2;
b) Length, n 2;
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c) Value, as defined by the associated data element.

The tag and length are added to the length of the data element in the value portion of each of the four data
objects to determine the overall length of the data object. The data elements in the value portion are as follows:
a) ICC result code an 2, where the tag is “81”, the length is 01 see A.2 for values;
b) Cyclical redundancy checksum (CRC32) an 8, where the tag is “82” the length is 04;
c) Card transaction counter an 8, where the tag is “83”, the length is 04 and;
d) Card signature certificate an 8, where the tag is “84”, the length is 04.
The remaining 99 positions shall be space filled.
The values for the tag and length elements in Figure 2 are given as the text representation of the hexadecimal
equivalent of the relevant binary values.
TLV coded data objects filler
T1 L1 V1 T2 L2 V2 T3 L3 V3 T4 L4 V4
to total length of 99
81 01 ICCRC 82 04 CRC32 83 04 CTC 84 04 CSC
Figure 2 — Integrated circuit card (ICC) system related data example
10.7.7 Response code
The Response code (an 2) data element may be used in the WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 1 (“E1”) to
indicate the disposition of a message request. If not used, it is space filled. In X9.93-1, the data element Action
code (an 3) is used for the same purpose. X9.93-1 contains a list of the Response code values and the
corresponding Action code values.
11 WIC EBT File Formats
This section specifies the file and record formats for the following files used in WIC EBT:
a) WIC Claim Extraction file
b) WIC Auto-reconciliation file
c) WIC UPC/PLU store file
d) WIC hot card list
e) WIC acknowledgment file
f) WIC state benefit file
11.1 WIC claim extraction files
WIC claim extraction files are submitted from the WIC Vendor to the WIC State Agency in WIC Smart Card EBT
only. The data elements used in the WIC Claim extraction file records are shown in Table 13.

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11.1.1 WIC claim file super header record (“A0”)

Table 14 lists the data elements contained in the WIC claim extraction file super header record. The super header
record is only required for Aggregate Claim extraction files.
Table 14 WIC claim file super header record (“A0”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "A0” , see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M value = "000001"
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”
Forwarding institution identification PIC 9(11) 25-35 Unique value assigned by the WIC State
M
code Agency
File name PIC X(25) 36-60 M See A.13 for values
File type PIC X(8) 61-68 M “NEW”
File sequence number PIC 9(4) 69-72 M Zero filled if not used.
Receiving institution identification PIC 9(11) 73-83 used by Acquirer to identify file recipient
M
code
PIC 9(11) 84-94 used to identify Acquirer if different from
Acquiring institution identification
M the Forwarding institution identification
code
code identified as the sender of this file
Date, claim PIC 9(8) 95-102 used to identify the local claim date for all
M
records in a file

11.1.2 WIC claim file header record (“A1”)

Table 15 lists the data elements contained in the WIC claim file header record. The claim extraction file header
record is required for all three claim extraction file types – single, transactions only and aggregate.

Table 15 WIC claim file header record (“A1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "A1” , see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”
Forwarding institution identification code PIC 9(11) 25-35 M Unique value assigned by the WIC State Agency
File name PIC X(25) 36-60 M See A.13 for values
File type PIC X(8) 61-68 M “NEW”
File sequence number PIC 9(4) 69-72 M Zero filled if not used.
Receiving institution identification code PIC 9(11) 73-83 M used by Acquirer to identify file recipient
Acquiring institution identification code PIC 9(11) 84-94 M used to identify Acquirer if different from the
Forwarding institution identification code
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Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Date, claim PIC 9(8) 95-102 M CCYYMMDD used to identify the local claim date
for all records in a file

11.1.3 WIC claim file detail record (“D4”)

The WIC claim file detail record has been updated with the addition of the GMT offset data element.
If the WIC claim file detail record is reporting a benefit reversal, the ICC result code in the ICC related data data
element shall be set to”0x15” and all other data from the original transaction at the POS remains the same. See
12.4.
Free items resulting from discounts or coupons shall not be decremented from the WIC Participant’s Smart Card
nor submitted in the claim file.
Table 16 lists the data elements used in the WIC claim file detail record.
Table 16 WIC claim file detail record (“D4”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "D4” , see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
Message type PIC 9(4) 9-12 M See A.14 Use 1230 for purchase
transactions and 1430 for reversals.
WIC merchant ID PIC X(12) 13-24 M
Card acceptor identification code PIC X(15) 25-39 M In the Transactions claim extract files,
detail and associated addenda records
should be sequenced by the Card
acceptor identification code and
Systems trace audit number in the
detail record. State agencies may not
edit for out of sequence trace audit
numbers.
PAN length PIC 9(2) 40-41 M
PAN PIC 9(19) 42-60 M
Processing code PIC X(6) 61-66 M See A.12
Transaction type code PIC X(2) 61-62 M
Account type code 1 PIC X(2) 63-64 M
Account type code 2 PIC X(2) 65-66 M
Amount, transaction PIC 9(10)v99 67-78 M claim amount; amount is zero for
denied transactions or reversals
Systems trace audit number PIC 9(6) 79-84 M
Date and time, transmission PIC 9(10) 85-94 M In GMT, MMDDhhmmss
Date and time, local transaction PIC 9(14) 95-108 M CCYYMMDDhhmmss, as set by the
originator of the transaction
Point of service data code PIC X(12) 109-120 M
Card data input capability PIC X(1) 109 M
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Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Card capture capability PIC X(1) 111 M
Operating environment PIC X(1) 112 M
Cardholder present PIC X(1) 113 M
Card present PIC X(1) 114 M
Card data input mode PIC X(1) 115 M
Cardholder authentication method PIC X(1) 116 M
Cardholder authentication entity PIC X(1) 117 M
Card data output capability PIC X(1) 118 M
Terminal output capability PIC X(1) 119 M
PIN capture capability PIC X(1) 120 M
Acquiring institution identification code PIC 9(11) 121-131 M
Card acceptor terminal identification PIC X(8) 132-139 M
Card acceptor name /location PIC X(99) 140-238 M
Card acceptor name/street/city PIC x(83) 140-222 M
Card acceptor postal code PIC X(10) 223-232 M
Card acceptor region PIC X(3) 233-235 M Region, state or province
Card acceptor country code PIC X(3) 236-238 M See ISO 3166 for values
Card acceptor county code PIC X(3) 239-241 C mandatory if required by bilateral
agreement
Card acceptor additional description data PIC X(100) 242-341 C mandatory if required by bilateral
agreement
Count, items PIC 9(3) 342-344 M
Benefit issuing entity PIC X(15) 345-359 M
First date to spend PIC 9(8) 360-367 M As read from card, CCYYMMDD
Amount discount PIC 9(10)v99 368-379 M
Integrated circuit card (ICC) system related PIC X(99) 380-478 M Maximum length is 99
data
ICC result code PIC 9(6) 380-385 M See A.2 for values
Cyclical redundancy checksum (CR32) PIC X (12) 386-397 C Mandatory if ICC result code = 0x00 or
0x15, otherwise space filled.
Card transaction counter PIC X (12) 398-409 C Mandatory if ICC result code = 0x00 or
0x15, otherwise space filled.
Card signature certificate PIC X (12) 410-421 C Mandatory if ICC result code = 0x00 or
0x15, otherwise space filled.
filler PIC X (57) 422-478 M Space filled
GMT offset PIC 9(4) 479-482 M See 10.7.5
GMT offset sign PIC 9(1) 479 M See 10.7.5
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11.1.4 WIC claim file addenda record (“E3”)

Table 17 lists the data elements used in the WIC claim file addenda record. The WIC claim file addenda record
follows the WIC claim file detail record and may occur multiple times for each associated detail record.

Table 17 WIC claim file addenda record (“E3”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "E3” , see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
Addenda sequence number PIC 9(3) 9-11 M See 10.5.1
Category code PIC 9(2) 12-13 M
Sub-Category code PIC 9(3) 14-16 M
Units PIC 9(3)v99 17-21 M number of benefit units of the item being
reported
UPC/PLU data PIC 9(17) 22-38 M
UPC/PLU indicator PIC 9 (1) 22 M
UPC or PLU PIC 9(15) 23-37 M
UPC/PLU check digit PIC 9(1) 38 M
Purchase quantity PIC 9(3)v99 39-43 M Number of this UPC/PLU purchased
Claim price PIC 9(7)v99 44-52 M total cost of all units of this UPC/PLU
purchased
UPC/PLU data length PIC 9(2) 53-54 UPC data length, including check digit and
leading zero, is 12, 13 or 14. PLU length is 5
or 6 including the calculated check digit.
Right justified, zero filled. The leading zero
for any UPC is a significant digit.
Amount, Item Discount PIC 9(10)v99 55-66 O Total item discount based on number of
units purchased. Zero filled if not used. The
item level discount amounts should be
added to the D4 discount amounts to get a
total discount amount for entire transaction.

Amount, Item discount may be used for discounts specific to a UPC or PLU code instead of reporting a net amount
in claim price or total discount per transaction in the D4 record. If reported for smartcard WIC, the line item
discounts will be combined with any transaction level or other discounts reflected in the Amount, discount field in
the D4 record. If using the item discount for CVB, the claim price minus the item discount equals the benefit units
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11.1.5 WIC claim file trailer record (“Z1”)

Table 18 lists the data elements used in the WIC claim file trailer record. Required for all file types.

Table 18 WIC claim file trailer record (“Z1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "Z1", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value – "05” v4 uses value = “04”
Count, detail records PIC 9(7) 25-31 M Total number of D4 records in file
Date, claim PIC 9(8) 32-39 M CCYYMMDD, local date
Amount, claimed total PIC 9(10)v99 40-51 M
Amount, discount total PIC 9(10)v99 52-63 M The absolute value of the sum amount of
Amount, discount in all detail records, see
11.2.9

11.1.6 WIC claim file super trailer record (“Z2”)

Table 19 lists the data elements used in the WIC claim super trailer record. The super trailer record is required for
Aggregate claim files only.

Table 19 WIC claim file super trailer record (“Z2”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "Z2", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value =
“04”
Count, detail records PIC 9(7) 25-31 M Total number of D4 records
in file
Date, claim file PIC 9(8) 32-39 M Local date
Count, claims in file PIC 9(10) 40-49 M Each header/trailer pair will
equal one claim
Amount, claimed total PIC 9(10)v99 50-61 M Sum amount of the Amount,
transaction in all WIC claim
detail records
Amount, discount total PIC 9(10)v99 62-73 M The absolute value of the
sum amount of Amount,
discount in all detail records,
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Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Amount, claim price total PIC 9(10)v99 74-85 M Sum amount of the
Claim price in WIC claim
addenda records

11.2 WIC auto-reconciliation file

WIC EBT Online and Smart Card processing use the WIC auto-reconciliation file to provide WIC Vendors or their
agents with the transactions that were processed and settled for the WIC Vendor. At the WIC Vendor’s option, the
WIC Vendor using a third party processor may accept existing commercial payment processing files for
reconciliation purposes provided the files comply with the data content requirements for WIC auto-reconciliation
files. New direct connect WIC Vendors shall use the format defined in this section.

The file formats shown in X9.93 Part 2 Files have been updated with the additional clarifications and differences
shown in this section.

11.2.1 WIC auto-reconciliation super header record (“A0”)

The WIC auto-reconciliation super header record (“A0”) is only required for Aggregate WIC Auto-Reconciliation
files.

Table 20 shows the layout of the WIC auto-reconciliation super header record.

Table 20 WIC auto-reconciliation super header record (“A0”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "A0” , see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M value = "000001"
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD in GMT
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss in GMT
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”
Forwarding institution identification PIC 9(11) 25-35 M Unique value assigned by the WIC State
code Agency
File name PIC X(25) 36-60 M See A.13 for values
File type PIC X(8) 61-68 M “NEW”
File sequence number PIC 9(4) 69-72 M Value – “0001” for initial file being sent.
Incremented by 1 for each subsequent new
file sent; rolls to “0001” after reaching
“9999”. Zero filled if not used.

11.2.2 WIC auto-reconciliation header record (“A1”)

The following clarifications apply to the WIC auto-reconciliation header record.

a) The File create date and file create time are expressed in GMT.

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b) The File sequence number in the header record is the same as in the “A0” super header record. Zero filled
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c) A header record is required for all ARF file types.

Table 21 shows the layout of the WIC auto-reconciliation header record.

Table 21 WIC auto-reconciliation header record (“A1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "A1", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”
Forwarding institution identification PIC 9(11) 25-35 M Unique value assigned by the WIC State
code Agency
File name PIC X(25) 36-60 M See A.13 for values
File type PIC X(8) 61-68 M “NEW”
File sequence number PIC 9(4) 69-72 M Same value as in A0 record, if present. Zero
filled if not used.
Date, settlement PIC 9(8) 73-80 M CCYYMMDD
Receiving institution identification PIC 9(11) 81-91 M used by Acquirer to identify file recipient
code
Acquiring institution identification PIC 9(11) 92-102 M used to identify Acquirer if different from
code the Forwarding institution identification
code identified as the sender of this file
WIC authority ID PIC 9(3) 103-105 C Used to identify the WIC program
authorizing agent

11.2.3 WIC auto-reconciliation detail record (“D4”)

The following clarifications apply to the WIC auto-reconciliation detail record.

a) The Amount, transaction reflects the addition of surcharges as incorporated in the Item price.
b) Amount, discount is the total value of all discounts, i.e., discounts or coupons to be subtracted from the
transaction.
c) The PAN is right justified and zero filled.
d) Date and time, local transaction, as adjusted for GMT offset, shall be less than or equal to the File create
date and File create time in the WIC auto-reconciliation header record.
Table 22 shows the layout of the WIC auto-reconciliation detail record.
Table 22 WIC auto-reconciliation detail record “(D4”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "D4", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
Message type PIC 9(4) 9-12 M See A.14 V4 will use “1230” for purchase
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Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

PAN length PIC 9(2) 13-14 M
PAN PIC 9(19) 15-33 M
Processing code PIC X(6) 34-39 M See A.12
Transaction type code PIC X (2) 34-35 M
Account type code 1 PIC X (2) 36-37 M
Account type code 2 PIC X (2) 38-39 M
Amount, transaction PIC 9(10)v99 40-51 M amount of claim requested by the merchant
Systems trace audit number PIC 9(6) 52-57 M
Date and time, transmission PIC 9(10) 58-67 M In GMT, MMDDhhmmss
Date and time, local transaction PIC 9(14) 68-81 M As set by the originator of the transaction
Point of service data code PIC X(12) 82-93 M
Card data input capability PIC X(1) 82 M
Cardholder authentication PIC X(1) 83 M
capability
Card capture capability PIC X(1) 84 M
Operating environment PIC X(1) 85 M
Cardholder present PIC X(1) 86 M
Card present PIC X(1) 87 M
Card data input mode PIC X(1) 88 M
Cardholder authentication method PIC X(1) 89 M
Cardholder authentication entity PIC X(1) 90 M
Card data output capability PIC X(1) 91 M
Terminal output capability PIC X(1) 92 M
PIN capture capability PIC X(1) 93 M
Amount, discount PIC 9(10)v99 94-105 M
Message reason code PIC 9(4) 106-109 M See A.5 for values
Amount, paid PIC 9(10)v99 110-121 M Sum of the amount, paid of each associated
WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 2
(“E2”) less Amount, discount and adjusted
for any errors, see 11.2.5
GMT offset PIC 9(4) 122-125 M as set by originator of transaction, see
10.7.5
GMT offset sign PIC 9(1) 122 M See 10.7.5
GMT offset hours PIC 9(3) 123-125 M See 10.7.5

11.2.4 WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 1 (“E1”)

The WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 1 (“E1”) provides additional information about the transaction in the
related “D4” record. The following clarifications apply to the WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 1:
a) The Card issuer reference data may be used by the WIC State Agency or their agent for other data related to the
transaction.

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Table 23 shows the layout of the WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record.

Table 23 WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 1 (“E1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "E1", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
Addenda sequence number PIC 9(3) 9-11 M See 10.5.1
Acquiring institution identification PIC 9(11) 12-22 M
code
Retrieval reference number PIC X(12) 23-34 M Contains the File name of the original claim
extraction file
Approval code PIC X(6) 35-40 M
Response code PIC X(2) 41-42 M See Error! Reference source not found.
Card acceptor terminal identification PIC X(8) 43-50 M
Card acceptor identification code PIC X(15) 51-65 M
Card issuer reference data PIC X(15) 66-80 M space filled if not used by the WIC State
Agency

11.2.5 WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 2 (“E2”)

The following clarifications apply to the WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 2:

a) For WIC Online EBT, the WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 2 provides the detail item level
information that was sent in the Financial Presentment response message (210), EBT data data element
(bit 62-PS) after being updated for any partially approved or declined food items.
b) For WIC Smart Card EBT, the WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 2 provides the detail item level
information that was sent in the Claim addenda record (“E3”). The amount, claimed for a food item is the
claim price from the Claim addenda record (“E3”), including any surcharges and the amount, paid is the
amount, claimed less any adjustments and discounts.
c) For both WIC Online and Smart Card EBT, for example, a purchase of 2 gallons of milk shelf priced at $1.50
each with a NTE price of $0.90 per gallon where the WIC Cardholder presented two coupons for $1.00
each at a commissary with a 10% surcharge the amounts would be as shown in the following example:

Record Data element Value Explanation

ID code
E2 Amount, claimed 000000000165 ($1.65) $1.50 price plus $0.15 surcharge

E2 Amount, paid 000000000000 ($0.00) $1.65 adjusted to $0.90 less discount of $1.00 (not allowed to be less than
zero)
D4 Amount, 0000000330 ($3.30) 2 times the $1.65 Item price, where the Item price is the price after any
transaction adjustments by the WIC State Agency
D4 Amount, paid 0000000000 ($0.00) Sum of the amount, paid of each WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 2
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d) The WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 2 (“E2”) shall be in both WIC Online and Smart Card EBT
implementations that use the WIC auto-reconciliation file formats.
Table 24 shows the layout of the WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record.

Table 24 WIC auto-reconciliation addenda record 2 (“E2”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "E2", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
Addenda sequence number PIC 9(3) 9-11 M See 10.5.1
Category code PIC 9(2) 12-13 M
Sub-Category code PIC 9(3) 14-16 M
Units PIC 9(3)v99 17-21 M For CVB, this is the price of the item in pennies
up to the available balance (if known)
UPC/PLU data PIC 9(17) 22-38 M
UPC/PLU indicator PIC 9(1) 22 M
UPC or PLU PIC 9(15) 23-37 M
UPC/PLU check digit PIC 9(1) 38 M
Amount, claimed PIC 9(7)v99 39-47 M
Amount, paid PIC 9(10)v99 48-59 M Amount claimed, less any adjustments by the
WIC State Agency.
Message reason code PIC 9(4) 60-63 M reason for an adjustment; see A.5
Original record sequence number PIC 9(6) 64-69 M
Original addenda sequence PIC 9(3) 70-72 M
number
Amount, item discount PIC 9(10)v99 73-84 M zero-filled if not available
UPC/PLU data length PIC 9(2) 85-86 M

11.2.6 WIC auto-reconciliation adjustment record (“D5”)

The WIC auto-reconciliation adjustment record shall be used to adjust an entire file amount or the amount of an
individual transaction which was reduced from the original amount of the transaction.
The following clarifications apply to the WIC auto-reconciliation adjustment record:
a) The WIC auto-reconciliation adjustment record (“D5”) shall not be used to report a reversal. Instead, a
WIC auto-reconciliation detail record (“D4”) and any associated WIC auto-reconciliation addenda records
(“E2”) are used to report reversals with a Message type identifier value indicating a reversal. The
corresponding WIC auto-reconciliation detail record (“D4”) and its associated addenda records for the
original transaction that is being reversed shall be reported separately. D5 records in an Aggregate auto-
reconciliation file shall be placed prior to the super trailer record. (This ensures that in an Aggregate File
the D5 records do not impact the numbering of the record sequence number).
b) In WIC Online EBT, the auto-reconciliation adjustment record (“D5”) may be present in addition to a
“D4” reversal record to provide the Original data elements from the Financial Presentment (200) request
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auto-reconciliation adjustment record (“D5”) shall be set to zero to avoid errors in computing the Total
amount settlement in the Z1 record.
Table 25 shows the layout of the WIC auto-reconciliation adjustment record.
Table 25 WIC auto-reconciliation adjustment record (“D5”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "D5", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
Message type PIC 9(4) 9-12 M See A.14 By agreement with State
agency, may use 0420 = purchase
adjustment and 0430 = general
adjustment.
Amount, adjustment PIC x + 9(10)v99 13-25 M x =” D” if adjustment is due from
Acquirer; “C” if the amount is due to the
Acquirer
Message reason code PIC 9(4) 26-29 M see A.5
PAN length PIC 9(2) 30-31 M 16 or 19 digits used in WIC
PAN PIC 9(19) 32-50 M mandatory if Message reason code
indicates this is an adjustment for a
specific transaction; otherwise zero-
filled
Original data elements PIC X(35) 51-85 M Mandatory if Message reason code
indicates this is an adjustment for a
specific transaction; otherwise space-
filled
Original message type PIC 9(4) 51-54 M V4 will use 1230 for purchase
transactions, 1430 for reversals
Original systems trace audit number PIC 9(6) 55-60 M
Original data and time, local transaction PIC 9(12) 61-72 M
Original acquiring institution identification code PIC 9(2) 73-74 M
length
Original acquiring institution identification code PIC 9(11) 75-85 M
Adjustment memo PIC X(50) 86-135 M Mandatory if additional data is required
for this record; otherwise space filled.
Card Acceptor Identification Code PIC X(15) 86-100 M
Adjustment Memo PIC X(35) 101-135 M

Adjustments can be associated with a specific past purchase recorded in an earlier auto-reconciliation file (0420)
or there will be adjustments associated with the submitting Card Acceptor ID and applied against the claim in
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11.2.7 WIC auto-reconciliation trailer record (“Z1”)

The following clarifications apply to the WIC auto-reconciliation trailer record:

a) The File create date and File create time are expressed in GMT.
b) The Amount, discount total is the sum of the Amount, discount in each of the WIC auto-reconciliation
detail (D4) records.
c) All Auto reconciliation files require header/trailer records – single, transactions only and aggregate.
Table 26 shows the layout of the WIC auto-reconciliation trailer record.
Table 26 WIC auto-reconciliation trailer record (“Z1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "Z1", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”
Count, detail records PIC 9(7) 25-31 M Total number of D4 records in file
Total settlement amount PIC 9(10)v99 32-43 M
Date, settlement PIC 9(8) 44-51 M CCYYMMDD
Amount, discount total PIC 9(10)v99 52-63 M Absolute value of individual discount
amounts from detail records in file. The
item level discount amounts should be
added to the D4 discount amounts to
get a total discount amount for entire
transaction. See 11.1.4.

11.2.8 WIC auto-reconciliation super trailer record (“Z2”)

The WIC auto-reconciliation super trailer record (“Z2”) is required only for Aggregate WIC Auto-Reconciliation
files.
Table 27 lists the data elements used in the WIC auto-reconciliation super trailer record.
Table 27 WIC auto-reconciliation super trailer record (“Z2”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "Z2", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD in GMT
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss in GMT
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”
Count, detail records PIC 9(7) 25-31 M Total number of detail (D4) records
Total Settlement Amount PIC 9(10)v99 32-43 M Sum of total settlement amount in the
Z1 records.
Date, Settlement PIC 9(8) 44-51 M CCYYMMDD

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Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Amount, Discount total PIC 9(10)v99 52-63 M Sum of the Amount, discount in the Z1
records

11.2.9 WIC auto-reconciliation amounts processing

Error! Reference source not found. list describes the sources of the amounts in the WIC auto-reconciliation
records.
Table 28 WIC auto-reconciliation amount data element sources

Auto-reconciliation EBT Message Type Source of data element value

data element
Record Data WIC Online WIC Smart Card WIC Online EBT data element WIC Smart Card EBT record
ID code element
D4 Amount, 200 Financial 230 in D4 Bit 4, Amount, transaction Sum of the Addenda Amount, paid
transaction Presentment (including any surcharges applied minus the Amount, discount equals
request to the Item price) the Amount, transaction.
D4 Amount, 420 Reversal 430 in D4 Bit 4, Amount, transaction Zero filled
transaction request (including any surcharges applied
(reversal) to the item price)
D4 Amount, 210 Financial 230 in D4 Bit 54-4, Amount, amounts Amount, discount from the D4
discount Presentment additional record in the Claim file.
response
D4 Amount, 210 Financial 230 in D4 Amount, transaction including Amount, transaction in Claim file
paid Presentment any surcharges incorporated in “D4” record including any
response the Item price, less Amount, surcharges applied to the Item price
discount and any adjustments by less any discounts and adjustments
the WIC State Agency. by the WIC State Agency; set to zero
by the WIC State Agency if
transaction is rejected.
D4 Amount, 430 Reversal 430 in D4 Bit 4, Amount, transaction, see Zero filled
paid response 8.5.1 (0
(reversal)
E2 Amount, 200 Financial N/A Bit 62-PS-6 item price (includes Claim price from Claim file “E3”
claimed Presentment any surcharges) x bit 62-PS-7 record
request Purchase quantity
E2 Amount, 210 Financial N/A Bit 62-PS-6 item price (includes Amount, claimed from E3 record
paid Presentment any surcharges) x bit 62-PS-7 less any associated adjustments
response Purchase quantity less any made by the WIC State Agency
associated Amount, adjustment
from the D5 or other adjustments
made by the WIC State Agency

The following describes how the amounts in the WIC auto-reconciliation records are related:
a) The sum of the amount, paid of each E2 associated with a D4, minus amount, discount in the D4 equals
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b) For online only. The sum of the amount, paid of each regular D4 in a file less the sum of the amount, paid
of the reversal D4’s in a file equals the total settlement amount in the Z1 trailer record.
c) For online only. The amount, item discount in E2 records cannot be provided in WIC EBT and is zero-filled.
There is no reconciliation of amount, item discount in the E2 to the D4 amount, discount.
d) For online only. The sum of the amount, discount of each original D4 (message type = “1200”) in a file less
the sum of the amount, discount of each reversal D4 (message type = “1420”) equals the amount, discount
total in the Z1 shown as an absolute value.
e) The amount, discount total in the Z1 record has already been netted from the total settlement amount in
the Z1 record as described in a) above.
f) Everything is zeroed out for reversal records for Smart Card (D4 Amount, transaction, D4 Amount,
discount, D4 Amount, paid; and E2 Amount, claimed and E2 Amount, paid).
11.3 WIC UPC/PLU store file (APL)
The WIC UPC/PLU store file (also known as the Authorized Product List or APL file) is used to create and update a
list of WIC authorized products at the WIC Vendor. Super-header and Super-trailer records are not used with this
file. At a minimum, a single, statewide file shall be produced by each WIC State Agency for use by their WIC
vendors. Additional, separate UPC/PLU store file (APLs) may be produced at the WIC State Agency’s option.
11.3.1 WIC UPC/PLU header record (“A1”)

Table 29 lists the data elements contained in the WIC UPC/PLU header record. In WIC EBT, the UPC/PLU store file
(APL) is a complete replacement of the previous file.
Table 29 WIC UPC/PLU header record (“A1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "A1", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M value = "000001"
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD in GMT
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss in GMT
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”
Forwarding institution identification code PIC 9(11) 25-35 M Zero-filled if no forwarding institution
File name PIC X(25) 36-60 M “UPC/PLU STORE FILE”; see A.13
File type PIC X(8) 61-68 M “REPLACE”
File sequence number PIC 9(4) 69-72 M Value starts over at 0001 after reaching
9999. Zero filled if not used.
State identifier code PIC X(2) 73-74 M See A.9
Receiving institution identification code PIC 9(11) 75-85 C Used by EBT Card Issuer processor to
identify file recipient; may contain only first
6 positions of receiving institution, right-
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11.3.2 WIC UPC/PLU detail record (“D4”)

Table 30 lists the data elements used in the WIC UPC/PLU detail record.
Table 30 WIC UPC/PLU detail record (“D4”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "D4” , see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
message type PIC 9(4) 9-12 M See A.14
UPC/PLU data PIC 9(17) 13-29 M
UPC/PLU indicator PIC 9(1) 13 M
UPC or PLU PIC 9(15) 14-28 M
UPC/PLU check digit PIC 9(1) 29 M
Item description PIC X(50) 30-79 M Only use printable characters in A.11
Category code PIC 9(2) 80-81 M
Category description PIC X(50) 82-131 M Recommend space-filled and use “D6” instead.
First 20 characters are significant.
Sub-Category code PIC 9(3) 132-134 M
Sub-Category description PIC X(50) 135-184 M Recommend space-filled and use “D6” instead.
Only first 24 characters are significant.
Unit of measure PIC X(10) 185-194 M See A.8 or A.15 for values. State agencies may
use values from A.8 for Unit of Measure.
Package size PIC 9(3)v99 195-199 M Default for CVB items is “00100”. Expressed in
specified units of measure, e.g., if Unit of
measure is “oz” for ounces, a one (1) pound item
would be a Package size of “01600”.
Benefit quantity PIC 9(3)v99 200-204 M The quantity of the specified item to be deducted
from the WIC Participant’s prescription benefit
when redeemed defined in the originator’s
specified benefit issuance unit of measure.
Benefit unit description PIC X(50) 205-254 M A text description of the specified benefit
issuance unit of measure; limited to maximum of
6 digits for receipt use; see A.8 for values
Item price PIC 9(4)v99 255-260 M If Price type indicates a price is not provided
(price type = 00) this data element is zero-filled.
Price type PIC X(2) 261-262 M CVB items = “03” indicating the CVB item is not
subject to cost containment. See A.16 for values.
Card acceptor identification code PIC X(15) 263-277 M Not used, space-filled
Date, effective PIC 9(8) 278-285 M CCYYMMDD, as set by sender of file. Zero-filled if
not assigned.
Date, end PIC 9(8) 286-293 M CCYYMMDD, as set by sender. Zero filled if not
assigned.
UPC/PLU data length PIC 9(2) 294-295 M Includes check digit as a significant digit
Purchase indicator PIC 9(1) 296 M See Section 10.7.1 and A.6 . Will be included in v4
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Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Manual voucher indicator PIC 9(1) 297 C Mandatory if manual vouchers are used by the
WIC Vendor; default is “1”. Default value for
smart card APL files is “0”.

11.3.3 WIC UPC/PLU abbreviated detail record (“D6”)

The WIC UPC/PLU abbreviated detail record is used to provide information for printing of the Benefit unit
descriptions on a receipt. The “D6” record shall be provided for every combination of Category and Sub-Category
on the WIC UPC/PLU store file (APL). Table 31 lists the data elements used in the WIC UPC/PLU detail record.
Table 31 WIC UPC/PLU abbreviated detail record (“D6”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "D6” , see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
message type PIC 9(4) 9-12 M See A.14
Filler PIC X (67) 13-79 M Space filled
Category code PIC 9(2) 80-81 M
Category description PIC X(50) 82-131 M Only first 20 characters are significant
Sub-Category code PIC 9(3) 132-134 M
Sub-Category description PIC X(50) 135-184 M Only first 24 characters are significant
Benefit unit description PIC X(50) 185-234 M Only first 6 characters are significant; see
A.8 for values

11.3.4 WIC UPC/PLU trailer record (“Z1”)

Table 32 lists the data elements used in the WIC UPC/PLU trailer record.
In WIC EBT, the UPC/PLU store file (APL) is a complete replacement of any previous version of the file, so only the
Count, records data element needs to be provided; the additional count data elements in the trailer record are
zero-filled.
Table 32 WIC UPC/PLU trailer record (“Z1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "Z1", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD as set by sender
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss as set by sender
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value – "05” v4 uses value = “04”
Counts, detail records PIC 9(7) 25-31 M Total count of D4 and D6 records in the
file
Count, adds PIC 9(7) 32-38 M Zero-filled
Count, changes PIC 9(7) 39-45 M Zero-filled
Count, deletes PIC 9(7) 46-52 M Zero-filled
Count, replacements PIC 9(7) 53-59 M Zero-filled

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11.4 WIC hot card list file

The WIC hot card list file is only used in WIC Smart Card EBT processing and conforms to the record layouts shown
in X9.93 Part 2 Files. The WIC hot card list provides the WIC Vendor with a file against which to validate cards prior
to completing a purchase. WIC Online EBT Card Issuer Processors maintain information on the status of cards on
their host systems.
Following are additional requirements for the hot card list records and data elements:
a) The data and time, effective data element is in GMT. The date and time, effective on the Hot card list must
be less than the start date or benefit effective date on the smart card for the card to be accepted.
b) The Message reason code, if present, describes the reason the card appears on the Hot card list. The
Message reason code values used on the Hot card list detail records are listed in A.5 .
11.4.1 WIC hot card list header record (“A1”)

Table 33 lists the data elements contained in the WIC hot card list header record.
Table 33 WIC hot card list header record (“A1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "A1", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M value = "000001"
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT as set by sender
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT as set by sender
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”
Forwarding institution identification PIC 9(11) 25-35 Zero-filled if no forwarding institution
M
code
File name PIC X(25) 36-60 M “HOTLIST REPLACEMENT FILE”; see A.13
File type PIC X(8) 61-68 M “REPLACE”
File sequence number PIC 9(4) 69-72 M Zero filled if not used.
State identifier code PIC X(2) 73-74 M See A.9
Receiving institution identification PIC 9(11) 75-85 used by EBT Card Issuer processor to identify
C
code file recipient

11.4.2 WIC hot card list detail record (“D4”)

The WIC hot card list detail record is based on the messages used in X9.93. Table 34 lists the data elements used in
the WIC hot card list detail record.

Table 34 WIC hot card list detail record (“D4”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "D4", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
Message type PIC 9(4) 9-12 M See A.14
PAN record identification code PIC X(2) 13-14 M value = "DA – add” or "DC - change" or "DD -
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Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

PAN length PIC 9(2) 15-16 M indicates the length of the PAN in the PAN data
element
PAN PIC 9(19) 17-35 M right justified, zero filled
Date and time, effective PIC 9(14) 36-49 M CCYYMMDDhhmmss in GMT
Message reason code PIC 9(4) 50-53 M see A.5 for values

11.4.3 WIC hot card list trailer record (“Z1”)

Table 35 lists the data elements used in the WIC hot card list trailer record.
Table 35 WIC hot card list trailer record (“Z1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "Z1", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, as set by sender
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, as set by sender
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value – "05" v4 uses value = “04”
Count, detail records PIC 9(7) 25-31 M Total number of D4 records
Count, hot cards PIC 9(7) 32-38 M

11.5 WIC acknowledgment file

The WIC acknowledgment file indicates the file disposition to the file sender. A file may be rejected for
transmission errors or claim file errors or accepted for processing. Individual claim detail records may be rejected
and the claim amounts for claim files and individual claim detail records accepted for processing may be adjusted.
At State agency option, an acknowledgement file will be returned for a Claim Submission file or Claim Extraction
file only if an E5 or D7 record is reported. There will be one acknowledgement file per extraction file if the claim
submission file was accepted.
11.5.1 WIC acknowledgment header record (“A2”)
Table 36 lists the data elements contained in the WIC acknowledgment header record.
Table 36 WIC acknowledgment header record (“A2”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "A2", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M value = "000001"
File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT
File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT
File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”
Forwarding institution PIC 9(11) 25-35 M Unique value assigned by the WIC State Agency
identification code
File name PIC X(25) 36-60 M “ACKNOWLEDGMENT FILE” ; see A.13
File type PIC X(8) 61-68 M “NEW” or ”UPDATE” "New" is used for an
Acknowledgement file in response to a "New" Claim
Submission File. "Update" is used when modifications
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Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

(i.e. 5615).
File sequence number PIC 9(4) 69-72 M Zero filled if not used.
Transmission file name PIC X(25) 73-97 M Original Claim Submission File Name. Currently 12
characters. The remaining characters will be space
filled
Claim file reference ID PIC X(15) 98-112 C blank if file status = “T”; Original Extraction File Name.
Currently 12 characters, the remaining characters will
be space filled
Claim Submission File PIC 9(8) 113-120 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT; The date the file was delivered
submission date to the State agency or processor
File submission time PIC 9(6) 121-126 M hhmmss, in GMT
File process date PIC 9(8) 127-134 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT; The date the Claim Submission
File was processed by the State agency or processor
File process time PIC 9(6) 135-140 M hhmmss, in GMT
File status code PIC X(1) 141 M “T”= transmission level rejection; Inability to open the
Submission File or the extraction file. “C” = claim file
level rejection; Ability to process the Extraction with
D7’s back in the ACK. Could also contain D8 and E5’s.
“A” = Accepted; Extraction File contains transaction
level Errors, and ACK contains D8/E5 records, or a
clean Submission.
File rejection error count PIC 9(7) 142-148 C The count of D7 records contained in the ACK file
WIC authority ID PIC 9(3) 149-151 M See A.9

11.5.2 WIC acknowledgment file rejection detail record (“D7”)

The WIC acknowledgment file rejection detail record is used to describe the error(s) found at a file level. If a file is
accepted or if a file contains errors at the record level only, the WIC acknowledgment file rejection detail record is
not present. A claim file within an Aggregate file may be rejected or an entire Transactions-only file or Aggregate
file may be rejected.

Table 37 lists the data elements contained in the WIC acknowledgment file rejection detail record.

Table 37 WIC acknowledgment file rejection detail record (“D7”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "D7", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1
Message type PIC 9(4) 9-12 M See A.14
Additional data elements:
Error identifier code PIC 9(4) 13-16 M see A.1
Error descriptor PIC x(100) 17-116 M
Error source PIC X(15) 117-131 O The name of the process that evaluated and identified the
error in a file or claim transaction (from x9.93)
Error detail PIC X(5) 132-136 O Short text description of the error indicated in the Error
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Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Card Acceptor identification PIC X(15) 137-151 C Mandatory if the error identifier code refers to a specific
code Card Acceptor
Error record sequence PIC 9(6) 152-157 C Mandatory if the error identifier code refers to a specific
number record sequence number
Data element name PIC X(99) 158-256 O
Expected value, data PIC X(100) 257-356 O
element
Actual value, data element PIC X(100) 357-456 O

11.5.3 WIC acknowledgment Card acceptor detail record (“D8”)

The WIC acknowledgment Card acceptor detail record is used to describe the totals of the transactions received,
rejected and accepted for processing in a Card acceptor’s claim file. Table 38 lists the data elements contained in
the WIC acknowledgment Card acceptor detail record. One D8 record will be provided for each Card Acceptor ID
for consecutive ranges of transaction line items. In a Transactions Only or Aggregate file there could be a D8
record for each card acceptor ID contained in the file.
Table 38 WIC acknowledgment Card acceptor detail record (“D8”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "D8", see 10.5

Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1

Message type PIC 9(4) 9-12 M See A.14

Card acceptor identification code PIC X(15) 13-27 M

Count, Card acceptor transactions PIC 9(7) 28-34 M The number of

transactions associated
with the WIC Card
Acceptor that was
encountered in the
extraction.

Amount, Card acceptor claimed PIC 9(10)v99 35-46 M The total amount claimed
for those transactions.

Count, Card acceptor rejected transactions PIC 9(7) 47-53 M The number of those
transactions that were
rejected and not passed
on for further processing.

Amount, Card acceptor rejected transactions PIC 9(10)v99 54-65 M The total amount claimed
for rejected transactions.

Amount, Card acceptor accepted transactions PIC 9(10)v99 66-77 M The total amount actually
passed on for further
processing. This should
equal the total card
acceptor transactions
minus those that were
rejected.

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Claim file reference ID accepted PIC X(15) 78-92 M The ARF name that is
linked to the Extraction
File. Space fill at the end.

11.5.4 WIC acknowledgment transaction rejection addenda record (“E5”)

Table 39 lists the data elements contained in the WIC acknowledgment transaction rejection addenda record.
Table 39 WIC acknowledgment transaction rejection addenda record (“E5”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "E5", see 10.5
Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1 Record sequence number of the
associated D8 record
Addenda sequence number PIC 9(3) 9-11 M See 10.5.1
Message type PIC 9(4) 12-15 M See A.14
Card acceptor identification code PIC X(15) 16-30 M
Error record sequence number PIC 9(6) 31-36 M Record sequence number from the Extraction
File
Error source PIC X(15) 37-51 M
Error identifier code PIC 9(4) 52-55 M See A.1
Error descriptor PIC x(100) 56-155 M
Data element name PIC X(99) 156-254 M
Expected value, data element PIC X(100) 255-354 M
Actual value, data element PIC X(100) 355-454 M
Error detail PIC X(5) 455-459 O

11.5.5 WIC acknowledgment trailer record (“Z1”)

Table 40 lists the data elements contained in the WIC acknowledgment trailer record.
Table 40 WIC acknowledgment trailer record (“Z1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "Z1", see 10.5

Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1

File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT

File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT

File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”

Count, detail records PIC 9(7) 25-31 M Sum of all D7 & D8 records in the file

Count, Card acceptor detail records PIC 9(7) 32-38 M Count of all D8 records within the file

Count, accepted records PIC 9(7) 39-45 Sum of all D8 Count, card acceptor transactions
M minus Count, card acceptor rejected
transactions

Count, rejected records PIC 9(7) 46-52 Sum of all D8 Card, acceptor rejected
M
transactions

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Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Count, forwarded files PIC 9(7) 53-59 If submission failed=0;if submission
M
decompressed=1

Amount, Card acceptor claimed total PIC 9(10)v99 60-71 Sum of D8 Amount, card acceptor rejected
M transactions plus the Amount, card acceptor
accepted transactions

Amount, Card acceptor rejected transactions PIC 9(10)v99 72-83 Sum of D8 Amount, card acceptor rejected
M
total transactions

Amount, Card acceptor accepted transactions PIC 9(10)v99 84-95 Sum of D8 Amount, card acceptor accepted
M
total transactions

State agencies may stop processing after a designated number of errors are identified (the threshold for errors
determined by each State agency). At State agency option, an Acknowledgement File may not be provided if no E5
or D7 records to report.

11.6 WIC state benefit file

The WIC state benefit files contain transactions intended to update the benefit information on a cardholder's card
(Remote Benefits Available file) or report on benefits loaded (Remote Benefits Loaded file). It is an optional
service that may be implemented by the WIC State Agency. There are two different files exchanged, as indicated
by the File name data element (see A.13 ). The different usage of data elements in the records of each file are
indicated in the Notes column.

11.6.1 WIC state benefit header record (“A1”)

Table 41 lists the data elements contained in the WIC state benefit header record.

Table 41 WIC state benefit header record (“A1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "A1”, see 10.5

Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M value = "000001"

File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT

File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT

File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value = “05” v4 uses value = “04”

Forwarding institution PIC 9(11) 25-35

M
identification code

File name PIC X(25) 36-60 M See A.13

File type PIC X(8) 61-68 M For load = “REPLACE”, for loaded = “NEW”

File sequence number PIC 9(4) 69-72 M Zero filled if not used

Receiving institution PIC 9(11) 73-83 used by Acquirer to identify file recipient
M
identification code

Acquiring institution PIC 9(11) 84-94 used to identify Acquirer if different from the Forwarding
identification code M institution identification code identified as the sender of this file,
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11.6.2 WIC state benefit detail record (“D4”)

Table 42 lists the data elements contained in the WIC state benefit file detail record.
The following Processing codes are used in the WIC state benefit file detail records for Remote Benefit processing:
a) WIC benefits authorized for load (“029700”) – Provided by the WIC State Agency or their agent to the WIC Vendor in
in the Remote benefits available file to identify the benefits to be loaded.

b) WIC benefits calculated balance (“309700”) – Provided by the WIC State Agency or their agent to the WIC Vendor in
the Remote benefits available file to identify the benefit balance calculated by the issuing system at the time the
remote issuance was made available.
c) WIC benefits balance (“209700)” – Provided by the WIC Vendor to the WIC State Agency or their agent in the
Remote benefits loaded file to identify the actual card benefit balance before the load.
d) WIC benefits loaded (“229700”) – Provided by the WIC Vendor to the WIC State Agency or their agent in the Remote
benefits loaded file to identify the benefits loaded.
Table 42 WIC state benefit detail record (“D4”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "D4” , see 10.5

Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1

Message type PIC 9(4) 9-12 M See A.14

PAN length PIC 9(2) 13-14 M

PAN PIC 9(19) 15-33 M

Processing code PIC X(6) 34-39 M See A.12 for values

Transaction type code PIC X (2) 34-35 M

Account type code 1 PIC X (2) 36-37 M

Account type code 2 PIC X (2) 38-39 M

Date and time, transmission PIC 9(10) 40-49 M in GMT, MMDDhhmmss

Date and time, local transaction PIC 9(14) 50-63 As set by the originator of the transaction,
M
CCYYMMDDhhmmss

Acquiring institution identification PIC 9(11) 64-74

M
code

Count, items PIC 9(3) 75-77 M

Benefit issuing entity PIC X(15) 78-92 M

First date to spend PIC 9(8) 93-100 M CCYYMMDD

Date, end PIC 9(8) 101-108 M CCYYMMDD

WIC Transaction Sequence Number PIC 9(6) 109-114 M

WIC Transaction Signature Length PIC 9(2) 115-116 M

WIC Transaction Signature PIC X(99) 117-215 M

Remote issuance reference number PIC 9(6) 216-221 M

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11.6.3 WIC state benefit addenda record (“E4”)

Table 43 lists the data elements contained in the WIC state benefit file addenda record. This record may be
repeated to provide updates for multiple categories and sub-categories of benefits.

Table 43 WIC state benefit addenda record (“E4”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC x(2) 1-2 M value = "E4” , see 10.5

Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1

Addenda sequence number PIC 9(3) 9-11 M See 10.5.1

Category code PIC 9(2) 12-13 M

Sub-Category code PIC 9(3) 14-16 M
Units PIC 9(3)v99 17-21 M

11.6.4 WIC state benefit trailer record (“Z1”)

Table 44 lists the data elements contained in the WIC state benefit trailer record.

Table 44 WIC state benefit trailer record (“Z1”)

Data element name Format Position Condition Notes

Record identification code PIC X(2) 1-2 M value = "Z1", see 10.5

Record sequence number PIC 9(6) 3-8 M See 10.5.1

File create date PIC 9(8) 9-16 M CCYYMMDD, in GMT

File create time PIC 9(6) 17-22 M hhmmss, in GMT

File format version PIC 9(2) 23-24 M value – "05" v4 uses value = “04”

Count, detail records PIC 9(7) 25-31 M Total number of D4 records in file.

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12 Processing Considerations
This section describes additional processing considerations for WIC Online and Smart Card EBT.

12.1 Receipt data

Receipts shall comply with the following processing rules:

a) A balance inquiry is not a separate transaction in WIC Smart Card EBT. A unique Systems trace audit
number may not be assigned to a balance inquiry for a WIC Smart Card EBT account and a WIC Smart Card
EBT balance inquiry is not included as a separate transaction provided to the WIC State Agency in a claim
file.

b) A WIC Purchase receipt shall list the detail of all CVB food items with the Purchase quantity shown as a
cash amount.

c) While Data and time, local transaction provides for time to be shown to the second, it is acceptable to
print to the minute on receipts.

d) The WIC Purchase Receipt shall identify those items which were paid for using WIC benefits.

e) If the purchased food item quantity is one (“1”) it may be implied without listing “1 @”.

f) Any discounts (coupons) applied to the WIC purchase shall be shown on the WIC Purchase Receipt.

g) If the transaction is approved, all balances are to be returned in the response data provided to the WIC
Vendor, including zero balances.

h) If the transaction is declined, the balance information may or may not be returned to the WIC Vendor,
depending on the reason for the decline.

i) If the balance information is returned to the WIC Vendor, the receipt shall display all zeroes for benefits
with zero balances.

j) If the WIC participant has used all their benefits for the benefit period or has no benefits issued for the
benefit period and therefore has all zero benefit balances, the POS terminal shall display “No Current
WIC”.

For WIC Online EBT, the bit map position and data element name associated with the required receipt data is
shown in Table 45 and Table 46. For WIC Smart Card EBT, card related data is extracted from the card and the
record in which the data may appear is shown.

Table 45 lists the mandatory data on balance inquiry receipts as identified in the WIC Operating Rules.

Table 45 Balance inquiry receipt data

Data on receipt Associated data element name Location of data

WIC Online EBT WIC Smart Card
(bit) EBT
PAN (print last 4 positions of the PAN only) Primary account number (PAN) 2 Card
Store name Card acceptor name/location 43 from WIC Vendor

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Data on receipt Associated data element name Location of data

WIC Online EBT WIC Smart Card
(bit) EBT
Store street address, city, state abbreviation Card acceptor name/location 43 from WIC Vendor
and zip code
Local date and time of balance inquiry Date and time, local transaction ( n 12 in WIC 12 from WIC Vendor
Online EBT, n 14 in WIC Smart Card EBT)
Earliest benefit expiration date or benefit Earliest benefit expiration date (WIC Online 62-EF Card
effective and benefit ending dates EBT)
First date to spend (WIC Smart Card EBT)
Benefits available:
Benefit food item description Item description or Sub-Category description From APL From APL
Benefit quantity Benefit quantity 62-EA-11 Card
Benefit unit Description Benefit Unit Description From APL From APL
Unique transaction identifier Systems trace audit number (WIC Online EBT) 11 and/or 38 n/a
and/or Approval code
A combination of data from the transaction to
create a unique identifier (WIC Smart Card
EBT)

Table 46 lists the mandatory data on WIC Purchase receipts as identified in the WIC Operating Rules.

Table 46 WIC Purchase receipt(s) data

Data on receipt Associated data element name Location of data
WIC Online WIC Smart Card EBT
EBT (bit) (card or record)
PAN (print last 4 positions of the PAN only) Primary account number (PAN) 2 Card
Store name Card acceptor name/location 43 From WIC Vendor
Store street address, city, state Card acceptor name/location 43 From WIC Vendor
abbreviation and zip code
Store lane number (if available) Card acceptor terminal identification n/a From WIC Vendor
Local date and time of balance inquiry Date and time, local transaction 12 From WIC Vendor
(WIC Smart Card EBT)
Local date and time of purchase (WIC
Online EBT)
Benefits redeemed:
Purchase food item quantity Benefit quantity (in Financial Presentment 62-PS-7 From APL
(units) response (210) for WIC Online EBT)
Purchased food item description Item description or Sub-Category description From APL From APL
based on Sub-Category code of item redeemed
Benefit Unit Description Benefit Unit Description From APL From APL
Unit cost Item price (in Financial Presentment response 62-PS-6 From WIC Vendor
(210) (WIC Online EBT)
Claim price representing total cost of all
purchased units of a single item (WIC Smart Card
EBT) less any discounts.
Total purchase amount Sum of Item price x Purchase quantity of all items 62-PS-7 Amount, claimed
(in Financial Presentment response (210) less any 62-PS-6, 54-4 from WIC Vendor for
discounts all items in purchase
Benefits remaining:

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Data on receipt Associated data element name Location of data

WIC Online WIC Smart Card EBT
EBT (bit) (card or record)
Subcategory description Sub-Category description From D6 From D6 record in
record in APL APL
Benefit quantity Benefit quantity 62-EA-11 Shall be retrieved
from the card by WIC
Vendor
Benefit Unit Description Benefit Unit Description From APL From APL
Unique transaction identifier Systems trace audit number (WIC Online EBT) 11 From WIC vendor
A combination of data from the transaction to
create a unique identifier (WIC Smart Card EBT)
WIC receipt indicator No related data element; identifies the food item n/a n/a
was purchased with WIC benefits

12.2 UPC/PLU store file (APL) and National UPC database

The National UPC database (NUPC) is a system maintained by FNS to help State agencies create and maintain their
UPC/PLU store file (APLs). State agencies may access the NUPC database to obtain UPC/PLU product information.
FNS requires State agencies to send or make available a copy of their UPC/PLU file (APL) quarterly upon reaching
statewide operations.
12.3 WIC Smart Card split tender processing
Split tender refers to a CVB food item being redeemed in part using CVB WIC benefits and in part using one or
more additional methods of payment when the CVB food balance has been exceeded. Split tender shall not be
used for non-CVB Prescription benefit purchases (foods other than fruits and vegetables).
The following processing rules shall be followed for split tender:
a) The WIC claim file addenda record (“E3”) shall contain the Units, Purchase quantity and Claim price of the
portion of CVB benefit applied to the WIC food item.
b) The WIC Purchase Receipt shall list the detail of each (CVB) food item redeemed and shall match the
values shown for Units, Purchase quantity (shown as cash ($)), and Claim price in the E3 addenda record.
12.4 WIC Smart Card EBT benefit reversal processing
Benefit reversal is an option for WIC Vendors that refers to restoring the benefits to a WIC Cardholder’s smart
card benefit balance by voiding or cancelling the last transaction which results in WIC prescription food benefits
on the card being restored to the previous WIC prescription food balance. The following processing rules shall be
followed for benefit reversals:
a) Benefit reversals shall be done within the same transaction at the POS and after the WIC portion of a
purchase has been recorded as a new balance on the card.
b) If a WIC Cardholder does not have additional methods of payment for a split tender transaction, a benefit
reversal transaction may be performed at the time of the transaction at the WIC Vendor location.
c) To suspend a transaction is to place it in a “hold” state to resume or delete at a later time. A benefit
reversal shall be completed prior to placing the POS transaction in a suspend state. The ability to place a
hold is dependent on the capabilities of the POS system.
d) The benefits reversed (restored to card) shall be returned to the original benefit prescription stored on
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e) If the WIC purchase was written to the card, the entire WIC purchase shall be reversed utilizing a benefit
reversal. No partial approval is allowed.
f) The WIC Participant may initiate a separate, subsequent transaction for any WIC items they wish to
purchase with their WIC benefits, including those restored with the benefit reversal. The WIC Vendor may
retain information on the WIC food items scanned so they do not have to be re-scanned.
g) The transaction that includes one or more reversals may proceed after the item that exceeds the CVB
balance is removed from the WIC portion of the transaction. The transaction records (D4 and E3) for the
remaining items that are to be purchased with WIC tender within the same transaction must keep the
same Systems trace audit number.
h) A single WIC claim file detail record (“D4”) and associated addenda records (“E3”) are submitted for the
benefit reversal transaction and shall include and match all of the original data from the original
transaction including the original signature, PAN, Systems trace audit number and an ICC result code of
“0x15” to indicate a benefit reversal. The Amount, transaction, Claim price, Amount, discount, and
Amount, item discount fields shall be set to zero ($0.00) for a benefit reversal. The message type will be
1430.
i) Multiple, sequential WIC claim file detail records (“D4”) for multiple benefit reversals (including their
associated addenda records (“E3”) may be submitted for the same WIC transaction.
j) The data from the WIC EBT Card used for a benefit reversal shall match the data from the WIC EBT Card
used in the original transaction.
k) If the WIC EBT Card is still within the CAD immediately after a benefit reversal transaction is completed, a
subsequent purchase transaction may be completed without re-authenticating.
l) The new balance of WIC benefits shall be provided to the WIC Participant on the receipt and the printed
balance shall be read from the card, not calculated.
m) WIC Vendors may determine how to implement this feature within their POS systems while providing
adequate controls to prevent misuse.
n) The card transaction counter must be incremented on a card when a benefit reversal is completed.

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Annex A - Data element code tables

The data element code values used in WIC EBT are shown in this section. Requests for additional values or the use
of any values indicated as reserved (for any reason) shall be sent to FNS for review and will be submitted for
approval to the X9 Financial Services standards committee prior to implementation. See X9.93-1, Clause 10 and
X9.93-2, Clause 9 for instructions on requesting new code values or changes to existing code values. For a
complete list of all values of a data element, refer to the X9.93 and ISO 8583 standards.

A.1 Error identifier code (“D7” and “E5” records)

The Error identifier code data element is used in the WIC Acknowledgment File Rejection Detail record (D7) and
the WIC Acknowledgment Transaction Rejection Addenda record (E5) to indicate the reason the file or record was
rejected or if information or a warning is provided. Table 47 shows the values assigned. Those values which are
reserved shall be submitted to FNS for approval prior to use.
Table 47 Error identifier codes

Code Description Action

0000 No error Accept
0001-0100 Reserved
0101-0999 File level error identifier codes
0101 The line length does not match format of the version specified. NOTE: Either too long or too short. Reject
0102 The date provided does not match the format specified. NOTE: For example, Date = 05/03/2017, Format = Reject
YYYYMMDD.
0103 A date field contained invalid characters or the date characters were in the wrong place. Reject
0104-0107 Reserved
0108 The month portion of a date string was not within the range of 1 – 12. Reject
0109 The day portion of a date string was not within the range of 1 – 31. Reject
0110 A date field contained a reference to an invalid day. Reject
0111 A general purpose error occurred. Reject
0112 The date provided was prior to the minimum acceptable date. Reject
0113 The date provided exceeded the maximum acceptable date. Reject
0114 An invalid record was read while attempting to read a trailer record. Reject
0115 An unexpected record type was encountered where a detail, addenda or trailer record was expected. Reject
0116-0120 Reserved
0121 Invalid date/time - improperly formed or in the future. NOTE: Out-of-range time element in a Date/Time Reject
value: Hours must be 0-23; Minutes & seconds must be 0-59'
0122-0127 Reserved
0128 An attempt was made to read past the end of file. NOTE: (Unexpected end of file marker) Reject
0129 The Submission file was received before the date encoded in the file name. Reject
0130 Reserved
0131 The File Format field in the claim trailer contained an unsupported file format identifier. Reject
0132 The File, create date/time specified in the header and trailer do not match. Reject
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Code Description Action

0134 The number of claim detail records in trailer record does not match number of claim detail records. Reject
0135 The Amount, claimed total in trailer record does not match the sum of detail records. Reject
0136 The File format version in the claim header record contained an unsupported File format version. Reject
0137-0156 Reserved
0157 Merchant ID and Card Acceptor ID mismatch Reject
0158 Reserved
0159 Claim file contains detail records with varying WIC merchant ID values. NOTE: This error applies to a Single Reject
Claim Extraction file only.
0160 Invalid or Unknown Card Acceptor ID. Reject
0161 An invalid character was found in a claim file record. NOTE: The invalid character is often an alphabetic Reject
character in a numeric field.
0162-0168 Reserved
0169 The Submission or Extraction file's name has an invalid character in the extension. Reject
0170-0176 Reserved
0177 The claim file contains a control character. NOTE: WIC claim files must only contain printable characters, Reject
carriage return/newline characters and an end-of-file marker.
0178 Reserved
0179 The Record sequence number for a header record is invalid or is out of order. Reject
0180-0181 Reserved
0182 Unexpected Record Identification code received. Reject
0183 Invalid File name for the specified format. Reject
0184—0187 Reserved
0188 The Receiving institution identification code invalid. NOTE: The field must be the WIC Authorities IIN. Left Reject
pad w/'0000'.
0189-0197 Reserved
0198 More than one extraction in zipped submission claim file. NOTE: Optional by State Agency parameter.
0199 A compression error was encountered. Reject
0200 An Extraction with the same name has already been processed, or is in process. Reject
0201 The File type field is invalid. Reject
0202 Submission or Extraction file is empty, EOF encountered while trying to read the header. Reject
0203-0209 Reserved
0210 Submission or extraction is not from an authorized forwarding institution or Acquirer. Reject
0211 Submission and extraction filenames must be 12 characters long. Reject
0212-0218 Reserved
0219 Total Amount, Discount field in trailer record not equal to sum of detail record Amount, Discount. This Reject
amount, Discount includes reported item level discounts and any other discounts.
0220-0226 Reserved
0227 The File create date must occur on or before the received date. Reject
0228 The first four characters of the Claim Submission name are encoded with invalid values. Reject
0229-0251 Reserved
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Code Description Action

0253-0312 Reserved
0313 An invalid record was read while attempting to read an aggregate file's super trailer record. Reject
0314-0315 Reserved
0316 An unexpected record type was encountered. Reject
0317-0324 Reserved
0325 The Count, claims in file in the super trailer is incorrect. Reject
0326 Reserved
0327 The super trailer’s File format version must equal the super header’s File format version. Reject
0328 The super header's File format version must be greater than or equal to the sub-section' header File Reject
format version. Note: The Super header must be equal to the greatest subsection header's version.
0329 Reserved
0330 A claim submission file with the same name has already been processed, or is in process. Reject
0331 Reserved
0332 Invalid Submission tracking ID specified in the characters 2-4 of File name. Reject
0333 Invalid suffix (last 2 characters of extension). Reject
0334 A claim submission file must have .TXX suffix. NOTE: Any extension issue including special characters. Reject
0335 The extraction File name must have a .CXX suffix. Reject
0336 Reserved
0337 The date encoded within the filename was invalid. NOTE: This applies to both Submission and Extraction Reject
names.
0338 Reserved
0339 Count, detail records specified in the super trailer does not match the number of detail records. Reject
0340 The Amount, claimed total in the super trailer record does not match the sum of the detail records. Reject
0341 Reserved
0342 The Amount, discount total in super trailer record does not match sum of detail record discounts. Reject
0343 The Amount, claim price total specified in super trailer does not equal sum of all addenda records. Reject
0344 The maximum number of errors has been exceeded. Reject
0345-0349 Reserved
0350 There are no detail or addenda records for this Card acceptor, only header and trailer records. Reject
0351-0352 Reserved
0353 Missing CR or LF character Reject
0354 Reserved
0355 All Transactions in this section failed. Reject
0356-0999 Reserved
1000- 1999 Transaction level error identifier codes
1000-1001 Reserved
1002 Other State agency’s IIN Reject
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Code Description Action

1102 The date provided does not match the format specified. NOTE: For example. date = 05/03/2000, Format = Reject
YYYYMMDD.
1103 A date field contained invalid characters or the date characters were in the wrong place. Reject
1104-1107 Reserved
1108 The month portion of a date string was not within the range of 1 – 12. Reject
1109 The day portion of a date string was not within the range of 1 – 31. Reject
1110 A date field contained a reference to an invalid day. Reject
1111 Reserved
1112 The date provided was prior to the minimum acceptable date. Reject
1113 The date provided exceeded the maximum acceptable date. Reject
1114-1115 Reserved
1116 PAN Length and PAN received mismatch. Reject
1117-1118 Reserved
1119 The Purchase quantity must be > zero for a valid transaction Reject
1120 Reserved
1121 Invalid date/time – improperly formed or in the future. NOTE: Out-of-range time element in a Date/Time Reject
value: Hours must be 0-23; Minutes & seconds must be 0-59'.
1122-1140 Reserved.
1141 The message type in a transaction record did not match the claim format version. Reject
1142 An addenda sequence number is invalid or out of order. Reject
1143 The number Count, items specified in the transaction detail record must be greater than zero Reject
1144-1156 Reserved
1157 Merchant ID and Card Acceptor ID mismatch Reject
1158 Invalid or unknown Merchant ID Reject
1159 Reserved
1160 Invalid or Unknown Card Acceptor ID. Reject
1161 An invalid character was found in a claim file record. NOTE: The invalid character is often an alphabetic Reject
character in a numeric field.
1162-1163 Reserved
1164 The Primary Account Number contained an IIN for an invalid or unknown WIC State Agency. Reject
1165 The PAN must represent a non-zero positive integer. All 19 characters in the PAN record must be digits. Reject
1166 All Transaction Date/Times must be less than or equal to the File Create Date. NOTE: File Create date is Reject
when the file was created.
1170 A hex string was submitted that contained invalid characters. Reject
1171-1173 Reserved
1174 The Processing code for a claim detail record in this claim file was incorrect. Reject
1175 The Record sequence number for a claim detail record is invalid or is out of order. Reject
1176 The PAN length for a claim detail record was not within the range of 1 to 19. Reject
1177 The claim file contains a control character. NOTE: WIC claim files must only contain printable characters, Reject
carriage return/newline characters and an end-of-file marker.
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Code Description Action

1193 The Record sequence number for an addenda record is invalid or is out of order. Reject
1194 Reserved
1195 The UPC value includes non-numeric characters. Reject
1196 A price was claimed for an item, but the number of benefit units consumed was reported as zero. Reject
1197-1209 Reserved
1210 Max of 254 E3 addenda records per D4 detail record. NOTE: One or more D4 records was associated with Reject
255 or more addenda records
1211-1214 Reserved
1215 The Point of service data code field must contain the value 510111111334 or 510211111334. Reject
1216 Reserved
1217 The TLV data in the ICC system related data field is invalid. Reject
1218-1219 Reserved
1220 Amount, transaction or Amount, discount is greater than zero for a failed transaction. Reject
1221-1222 Reserved
1223 First date to spend field is not filled with zeroes for a failed transaction. Reject
1224 Count, items was greater than zero for a failed transaction. Reject
1225 Reserved
1226 For each purchase, Transaction Amount must equal sum of addenda Claim Price Amounts minus Discount Reject
Amount. Discount Amount includes any reported item level discounts.
1227-1246 Reserved
1247 The value for the Systems trace audit number was zero. Reject
1248 Reserved
1249 No value was specified for the Card acceptor terminal ID. Reject
1250-1306 Reserved
1307 The number of E3 Addenda records does not equal the number in the D4 Count, items field. Reject
1308 The First date to spend date must occur on or before the File create date. Reject
1309 First date to spend field was filled with zeroes for a good transaction. Reject
1310-1317 Reserved
1318 Time zone offset in the GMT offset should only be numeric. Reject
1319 GMT offset error. Reject
1320-1352 Reserved
1353 An addenda record for a benefit reversal transaction contained a Claim price not equal to zero Reject

1354-1999 Reserved
2000-2999 Extraction section level error identifier codes
2000-2101 Reserved
2102 The date provided does not match the format specified. NOTE: For example, Date = 05/03/2000, Format = Reject
YYYYMMDD.
2103 A date field contained invalid characters or the date characters were in the wrong place. Reject
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Code Description Action

2108 The month portion of a date string was not within the range of 1 – 12. Reject
2109 The day portion of a date string was not within the range of 1 – 31. Reject
2110 A date field contained a reference to an invalid day. Reject
2111 Reserved
2112 The date provided was prior to the minimum acceptable date. Reject
2113 The date provided exceeded the maximum acceptable date. Reject
2114-2120 Reserved
2121 Invalid date/time - improperly formed or in the future. NOTE: Out-of-range time element in a Date/Time Reject
value: Hours must be 0-23; Minutes & seconds must be 0-59'
2122-2130 Reserved
2131 The File format field in the claim trailer contained an unsupported File format identifier. Reject
2132 The File create dates specified in the header and trailer do not match. Reject
2133 The Claim Date specified in the header and the Claim Date specified in the trailer do not match. Reject
2134 The number of claim detail records in trailer record does not match number of claim detail records. Reject
2135 The Amount, claimed total in trailer record does not match the sum of detail records. Reject
2136 The File format version in the claim header record contained an unsupported File format version. Reject
2137-2156 Reserved
2157 Merchant ID and Card Acceptor ID mismatch. Reject
2158 Reserved
2159 This claim section contains detail records with varying Merchant ID values Reject
2160 Invalid or Unknown Card Acceptor ID. Reject
2161 An invalid character was found in a claim file record. Note: The invalid character is often an alphabetic Reject
character in a numeric field.
2162-2176 Reserved
2177 The claim file contains a control character. NOTE: WIC claim files must only contain printable characters, Reject
carriage return/newline characters and an end-of-file marker.
2178 Reserved
2179 The Record sequence number for a header record is invalid or is out of order. Reject
2180-2181 Reserved
2182 Unexpected Record Identification code received. Reject
2183 Invalid File name for the specified format. Reject
2184-2200 Reserved
2201 The File type field is invalid. Reject
2202-2209 Reserved
2210 Submission or extraction is not from an authorized forwarding institution or acquirer Reject
2211-2218 Reserved
2219 Total Amount, Discount field in trailer record not equal to sum of detail record Amount, Discount. NOTE: Reject
Discount Amounts between it and its preceding header.
2220-2328 Reserved
2329 The sub-section header File Create Date must be less than or equal to the Super header's File Create Date. Reject
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2344 The maximum number of errors has been exceeded. Reject
2345-2349 Reserved
2350 There are no detail or addenda records for this Card acceptor, only header and trailer records Reject
2351-2354 Reserved
2355 All Transactions in this section failed. Reject
2356-2999 Reserved

A.2 Integrated circuit card (ICC) result code (“D4” record)

The Integrated circuit card (ICC) result code is a tag (See Section 10.7.6) used in the Integrated circuit card (ICC)
data data field in the WIC Claim file detail (“D4”) record to provide information on the result of a transaction
conducted with the Smart Card. This data element was formerly referred to as “POSCC code”. Table 48 shows the
values for the Integrated circuit card (ICC) result code.
Table 48 Integrated circuit card (ICC) result code values
Value Description
0x00 Transaction okay
0x01 PIN already blocked
0x02 CSN read failure
0x03 DFsystem read failure
0x04 Cryptographic authentication failure
0x05 DFWIC read failure
0x06 Secret code presentation failure
0x07 IIN not authorized
0x08 Invalid PIN lock
0x09 Invalid data version
0x10 Food prescription conflict
0x11 No food package for current date
0x12 PIN presentation failure
0x13 Card hot carded by the grocer
0x14 Card presented is already hot carded
0x15 Benefits restored
0x16 Reserved for future use
0x17 Remote benefits loaded successfully
0x18-0x99 Reserved for national use

A.3 Item action code (bit 62-PS-8 and 62-ED-20)

The Item action code sub-element in EBT data (bit 62) is used in the EBT file update response data (dataset
identifier “ED”, bit 20) and the WIC prescription food item (dataset identifier “PS”, bit 8) to indicate the action to

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Table 49 Item action codes

Code Item action text

00 Approved
01 Category not prescribed
02 Sub-category not prescribed
03 Insufficient units
04 UPC/PLU not prescribed
05 Add/update record
06 Delete record
07-25 Reserved for national use
26 Approved for a lower price due to NTE price exceeded
27 Approved for a lower price due to NTE price exceeded and approved for less units than originally requested
due to insufficient units (only applicable for store and forward transactions)
28-99 Reserved

A.4 Manual voucher indicator (bit 62-ED-19 and “D4” record)

The Manual voucher indicator is used in online messages in EBT data (bit 62) in the EBT file update response data
(dataset identifier “ED” bit19) and in UPC/PLU detail (“D4”) records to indicate if a food item is allowed for
purchase with a manual voucher. Table 50 shows the assigned values.

Table 50 Manual voucher indicator values

Value Description
0 Not allowed for manual voucher
1 Allowed for manual voucher (default)
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A.5 Message reason codes (bit 25 and “D4”, “D5” and “E3” records)
The Message reason code is used in online messages in bit 25 and in the Auto-reconciliation file detail (“D4”),
adjustment (“D5”) and addenda (“E3”) records to indicate the reason a message or record was sent. X9.93 Part 2
Files references X9.93 part 1 Messages and ISO 8583 for the Message reason code values used in WIC Online EBT.
WIC Smart Card EBT has assigned additional values as shown in italics in Table 51. If the MRC is equal to “3002”,
“3701”, “3705”, “3706”, or “3707” do not lock the card if the Hot Card Effective Date and Time is before the Card
Authorization Date. Also, if the MRC is equal to “3002”, “3701”, “3705”, “3706”, or “3707” do not lock the card if
the Hot Card Effective Date and Time is later than the System Date and Time.

Table 51 Message reason codes

Usage Codes Description

0000 No error
0001-0999 Reserved
Online advice messages (x2x) Range 1000-1499 Reason for an advice message rather than a request message
1000 stand-in processing at the Card issuer's option
1001 Card issuer signed off
1002 Card issuer timed out on original request
1003 Card issuer unavailable
1004 terminal processed
1005 ICC processed
1006 under floor limit
1007 stand-in processing at the Acquirer's option
1008 Stand-in processing at the receiver’s option
1009 Receiver signed off
1010 Receiver timed out on original request
1011 Receiver unavailable
1012-1150 Reserved for ISO use
1151-1375 Reserved for national use
1376-1499 Reserved for private use
Online request messages (x0x) Range 1500-1999 Reason for an authorization/financial presentment message rather
than an advice/notification message
Range 2000-2999 Reason for a representment
Online file action messages (3xx) Range 3000-3999 Reason for a file action message
Hot card list detail record (D4) 3000 Lost
3001 Stolen
3002 Undelivered card prior to receipt at WIC State Agency – Temporary
MRC
3003 Counterfeit card – PAN confirmed
3004 No reason given/other
3005-3399 Reserved for ISO use
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Usage Codes Description

3700 Failed to function prior to issuance
3701 Missing – delivered but prior to issuance – Temporary MRC
3702 Damaged – delivered but prior to issuance
3703 Damaged – after issuance
3704 Failed to function after issuance
3705 Dual participation, card in – Temporary MRC
3706 Administrative lock- Temporary MRC
3707 Change in family status – Temporary MRC
3708-3999 Reserved for private use
Reversal messages (4x0) 4000-5559 Reason for a reversal/void
4000 Customer cancellation
4001 Unspecified, no action taken
4002 Suspected malfunction
4003 Format error, no action taken
4004 Completed partially (not permitted in WIC EBT)
4005 Original amount incorrect
4006 Response received too late
4007 Card acceptor device unable to complete transaction
4008 Deposit out of balance
4009 No check in envelope
4010 Payment out of balance
4011 Deposit out of balance/applied contents
4012 Payment out of balance/applied contents
4013 Unable to deliver message to point of service
4014 Suspected malfunction/care retained
4015 Suspected malfunction/card returned
4016 Suspected malfunction/track 3 not updated
4017 Suspected malfunction/no cash dispensed
4018 Timed-out at taking money/no cash dispensed
4019 Timed-out at taking card/card retained and no cash dispensed
4020 Invalid response, no action taken
4021 Timeout waiting for response
4022-4199 Reserved for ISO use
4200-4350 Reserved for national use
4351-4499 Reserved for private use
Chargeback messages (4x2) 4500-4999 Reason for a chargeback (not used in WIC EBT)
Reconciliation messages (5xx) 5000-5999 Reason for a reconciliation
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Usage Codes Description

5300-5599 Reserved for national use
Auto-reconciliation detail record (D4) 5600 Incomplete (failed) transaction
5601 Duplicate purchase
5602 For test/training card
5603 Reserved
5604 Card on hot card list
5605 Purchase not received timely
5606 Purchase in the vendor’s termination period
5607 Reserved
5608 Reserved
5609 Purchase after last date to spend
5610 Purchase before first date to spend
5611 Invalid signature
5612 Invalid relationship between Card acceptor and Acquiring institution
identification code
5613 Invalid First date to spend
5614 Reserved
5615 Store temporarily suspended for payment of claims
5616 Purchase items adjustment total
5617 Reserved
5618 Not EBT Certified
5619 Reserved
5620 Illegal PAN check digit
Auto-reconciliation addenda record 2 (E2) 5621 UPC redeemed out of date range
5622-5647 Reserved
5648 CVB purchased Units not equal to Claim price minus item discount
5649 UPC/PLU not authorized for this Card acceptor
5650 Invalid category
5651 Invalid or not WIC allowable UPC/PLU
5652 UPC/PLU doesn’t match cat/sub-category
Auto-reconciliation adjustment record (D5) 5653 Compliance buy or Certification Adjustment
Auto-reconciliation addenda record 2 (E2) 5654 Amount exceeds not-to-exceed price
5655 PWIC exceeds TWIC Avg * Rate
5656 TWIC exceeds PWIC Avg * Rate
5657 PWIC exceeds TWIC Avg
5658 TWIC exceeds PWIC Avg
Auto-reconciliation adjustment record (D5) 5659 Manual cost containment adjustment
5660-5694 Reserved
5695 Malformed claim exception
5696 Other credit/debit

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Usage Codes Description

5697 Monitor disallowance (post payment) credit/debit
5698 Over/Underpaid Vendor
5699 Increase based upon appeal credit/debit
5700 Reserved
Auto-reconciliation detail record (D4) 5701 PIN already blocked
5702 CSN read failure
5703 DF system read failure
5704 Cryptographic authentication failure
5705 DFWIC read failure
5706 Secret code presentation failure
5707 IIN not authorized
5708 Invalid PIN lock
5709 Invalid data version
5710 Food prescription conflict
5711 No food package for current date
5712 PIN presentation failure
5713 Card hot-carded by grocer
5714 Card presented is already hot-carded
5715 Transaction reversal occurred
5716-5999 Reserved
Retrieval requests and fulfillments 6000-6499 Reserved, see ISO 8583
Administrative messages 6500-6999 Reserved, see ISO 8583
Fee collection 7000-7999 Reserved, see ISO 8583
Network management 8000-8099 Reserved, see ISO 8583
Key change 8100-8199 Reserved, see ISO 8583
Reserved 8200-9999 Reserved

A.6 Purchase indicator (bit 62-ED-16 and “D4” record)

The Purchase indicator is a flag indicating if the flagged UPC food item may be redeemed from the Broadband
Sub-Category. It is required in UPC/PLU detail records. Table 52 lists the Purchase indicator values.

Table 52 Purchase indicator code values

Code Description
0 UPC redeemable only in the specified Sub-Category; default
1 UPC authorized for redemption in the Broadband (“000”) Sub-Category as well as the specified Sub-Category
2-9 Reserved for FNS use

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A.7 File identifier code

The File identifier code data element is used in the File name that precedes the file content to identify
characteristics of the file. A forwarding institution shall support all File identifier codes. Table 53 lists the File
identifier codes.

Table 53 File identifier codes

Code Description
A WIC auto-reconciliation file
C File contains an extraction file that conforms to X9.93 Part 2 Files
D Acknowledgment file in response to a duplicate claim submission file
F Acknowledgment file in response to a duplicate extraction file
K Acknowledgment file in response to a successful non-duplicate extraction file; pre-processing completed
P Acknowledgment file in response to a claim submission file with an unauthorized submission tracking ID
S EBT Card acceptor claim file
T Claim submission file contains one or more extraction files that conform to X9.93 Part 2 Files
U Acknowledgment file in response to an update to previous successful extraction file
Z Acknowledgment file in response to a claim submission file with a compression or naming error

A.8 Benefit unit description (“D4” UPC/PLU records and bit 62-EA-12)
The Benefit unit description data element is used in the UPC/PLU store file (APL) “D4” record and “D6” record. It is
also used in WIC Online EBT in EBT data (bit 62) with the dataset identifier “EA – balance information” (bit 62-EA-
12). The values shown in Table 54 for the Benefit unit description shall be used to standardize the display on
receipts and the data in the UPC/PLU store file (APL) that represent the food item benefit’s issued size, i.e., one
eight ounce (8 oz.) jar of peanut butter would have a Unit of measure of “ounces” or “oz” and a Benefit unit
description value of “jar”. Systems shall support the maximum abbreviations except where the display is limited.
The Benefit Unit Description values may also be used in any records using a Unit of Measure.

Table 54 Benefit unit description literal and abbreviated values

Description Minimum abbreviation Maximum abbreviation (if applicable)

3 Pack 3PK 3 PACK

4 Pack 4PK 4 PACK

6 Pack 6PK 6 PACK

8 Pack 8PK 8 Pack

Bag BAG BAG

Bar BAR BAR

Baskets BKS BASKET

Bottle BTL BOTTLE

Box BOX BOX

Brick BRK BRICK

Brick pack BRP BRPACK

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Description Minimum abbreviation Maximum abbreviation (if applicable)

Can / Bottle CBL CANBOT

Can CAN CAN

Capsules CAP CAPSUL

Container CTR CTNR

Carton CTN CARTON

Carton/Bottle CTB CT/BTL

Case CAS or CSE CASE

Dozen DOZ DOZEN

Envelope ENV ENVEL

Gallon GAL GALLON

Gram(s) GM GRAM

Half Gallon HGL HLFGAL

Item ITM ITEM

Jar / Bag JBG JARBAG

Jar JAR JAR

Jar/Bag/Can JBC J/B/C

Jug JUG JUG

Liquid Concentrate LCN LCONCN

Liters LTR LITERS

Ounce OZ OUNCE

Ounce (dry) OZD OZDRY

Ounce (fluid) OZF FL OZ

Pack PCK PACK

Package PKG PKG

Packet PKT PKT

Pint PT PINT

Pouch PCH or POU POUCH

Pound LB POUND

Powder PDR POWDER

Pudding PUD PUDING

Quart QT QUART

Ready to Feed Pudding RPD RTFPUD

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Description Minimum abbreviation Maximum abbreviation (if applicable)

Ready to Feed RTF RDFEED

Solid Bar SBR SOLBAR

Value VLU VALUE

Cash Value Benefit (CVB) $$$ $$$$

A.9 WIC State Agency identifiers

The WIC Authority ID listing in X9.93 Part 1 Messages is used to identify WIC State Agencies. The State identifier
code data element is used in X9.93 Part 2 Files for the same purpose. WIC State Agencies also may be identified by
their institution identification number (IIN) or Bank Identification Number (BIN) which shall be added as issued.
Table 55 provides a cross-referenced list of the State identifier codes and WIC Authority ID values, their associated
IIN, PAN length and technology used. Users are recommended to contact FNS for the current version of this table.
Table 55 State identifier codes and WIC Authority IDs
WIC State Agency State Identifier FNS WIC IIN (BIN) PAN Technology
Code Region Authority ID length
Acoma, Canoncito, and Laguna (ACL) A1 SW 001
Alabama AL SE 002 610383 16 Online
Alaska AK W 003 610408 16 Online
American Samoa AS W 004 507662 16 Online
Arizona AZ W 005 507663 16 Online
Arkansas AR SW 006 610292 16 Smart Card
California CA W 007 605856 16 Online
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma C2 SW 009 502267 16 Smart Card
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe C3 MP 010
Chickasaw Nation C4 SW 011 606316 16 Online
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma C5 SW 013 610371 16 Online
Citizen Potawatomi Nation P2 SW 014 610373 16 Online
Colorado CO MP 015 610188 16 Online
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands C7 W 016 507659 16 Online
Connecticut CT NE 017 610348 16 Online
Delaware DE MA 018 507678 16 Online
District of Columbia, Washington DC MA 019
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (NC) C1 SE 008
Eastern Shoshone E2 MP 020
Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council E1 SW 021
Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos F1 SW 022
Florida FL SE 023 610296 16 Online
Georgia GA SE 024
Guam GU W 025 507660 16 Online
Hawaii HI W 026
Idaho ID W 027 610723 16 Online
Illinois IL MW 028 60876000 16 Online

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WIC State Agency State Identifier FNS WIC IIN (BIN) PAN Technology
Code Region Authority ID length
Indian Township I1 NE 030
Indiana IN MW 029 636104 16 Online
Inter-Tribal Council Arizona (ITCA) I4 W 031 608557 16 Online
1
Inter-Tribal Council Nevada (ITCN) I5 W 032 507715(89 16 Online
)1
Inter-Tribal Council Nevada (ITCN) 2018 IIN I9 W 232 50771582 16 Online
Inter-Tribal Council of Oklahoma I2 SW 033 610375 16 Online
Iowa IA MP 034 589026 16 Online
Kansas KS MP 035 608694 16 Online
Kentucky KY SE 036 606370 16 Online
Louisiana LA SW 037 610323 16 Smart Card
Maine ME NE 038 585991 16 Online
Maryland MD MA 039 610385 16 Online
Massachusetts MA NE 040 610320 16 Online
2
Michigan MI MW 041 507711 16 Online
Minnesota MN MW 042 61072700 16 Online
Mississippi MS SE 043
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians C6 SE 012
Missouri MO MP 044 581891 16 Smart Card
Montana MT MP 045 610318 16 Online
Muscogee Creek Nation M2 SW 046 610376 16 Online
Navajo Nation N2 W 047 507661 16 Online
Nebraska NE MP 048 560636 16 Online
1
Nevada NV W 049 507715(80 16 Online
thru 88)1
Nevada 2018 IIN NZ W 249 50771582 16 Online
New Hampshire NH NE 050 61073000 16 Online
New Jersey NJ MA 051
2
New Mexico NM SW 052 586616 16 Smart Card
New York NY NE 053 610392 16 Online
North Carolina NC SE 054 507979 16 Online
North Dakota ND MP 055
Northern Arapaho N1 MP 056
2
Ohio OH MW 057 610309 16 Smart Card
Oklahoma OK SW 058 610304 16 Online
Omaha/Santee Sioux O3 MP 060
Oregon OR W 059 610287 16 Online
Osage Nation Tribal Council O1 SW 061 610372 16 Online
Otoe-Missouria Tribe O2 SW 062 610374 16 Online
Pennsylvania PA MA 063 610358 16 Smart Card
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WIC State Agency State Identifier FNS WIC IIN (BIN) PAN Technology
Code Region Authority ID length
Pueblo of Isleta I3 SW 065 502804 16 Smart Card
Pueblo of San Felipe S3 SW 066
Pueblo of Zuni Z1 SW 067
Puerto Rico PR MA 068
Reserved for future use S4
Reserved for future use S5
Rhode Island RI NE 070
Rosebud Sioux Tribe R2 MP 069
Santee Sioux Nation S7 MP 071
Santo Domingo Tribe S1 SW 072
Seneca Nation S2 NE 073
South Carolina SC SE 074 608502 16 Online
South Dakota SD MP 075 610381 16 Online
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe S6 MP 076
Tennessee TN SE 077 610409 16 Online
Texas TX SW 078 507717 19 Smart Card
Three Affiliated Tribe T1 MP 079
Utah UT MP 080 Smart Card
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe U1 MP 081 Online
Vermont VT NE 082 610350 16 Online
Virgin Islands VI MA 084 610386 16 Online
Virginia VA MA 083 610277 16 Online
Washington WA W 085 605860 16 Online
West Virginia WV MA 087 610263 16 Online
Wichita, Caddo, and Delaware Tribes (WCD) W1 SW 086 504160 16 Online
Enterprises
Winnebago Tribe W2 MP 088
Wisconsin WI MW 089 585992 16 Online
2
Wyoming WY MP 090 505349 16 Smart Card
1
Note: grandfathered in sharing the same IIN (BIN) for WIC EBT cards. NV is using 50771582 and ITCN is using
50771583 since July 2017 in addition to 50771585 and 50771589.
2
Note: grandfathered in sharing the same IIN (BIN) for WIC EBT cards with SNAP program.

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A.10 Compression code

The Compression code data element is used in the file name to describe the method used to reduce the size of the
file for transmission. Table 56 lists the Compression code values.

Table 56 Compression code

Value Method Description

A ZIP (default) Compression that produces files supporting the file format used in PKZip 2.4 applications
B LHA/LZH LHA or LZH freeware compression utility
C TAR UNIX utility that produces archive files. Note that TAR files are not compressed in size.
D TAR/BZIP2 UNIX TAR archive utility provided by Berkeley Software Distribution
E TAR GZ/GZIP UNIX TAR archive utility provided with GNU/Linux

A.11 WIC EBT US ASCII character set usage

The Item description data element is used in the UPC/PLU store file (APL) “D4” detail record and in WIC Online EBT
in EBT data (bit 62) with the dataset identifiers “EA” balance information (bit 62-EA-3) and “ED” file update
response data (bit 62-ED-3). The descriptions of food items provided in these data elements shall use only the
printable characters in the US ASCII 128 character set shown in Table 57.
Table Legend:
Char The printed representation of the character, if any
Dec The decimal code for the character
Row/Col The decimal row/column representation for the character
Oct The octal (base 8) code for the character
Hex The hexadecimal (base 16) code for the character
Note: Code 32 (decimal) is a nonprinting spacing character. Codes 33 through 122 (decimal) are printable graphic
characters marked below in gray.
Table 57 WIC EBT usage of U.S. ASCII set

Char Dec Col/Row Oct Hex Name Description

0 00/00 0 0 NUL (Ctrl-@) NULL

1 00/01 1 1 SOH (Ctrl-A) START OF HEADING

2 00/02 2 2 STX (Ctrl-B) START OF TEXT

3 00/03 3 3 ETX (Ctrl-C) END OF TEXT

4 00/04 4 4 EOT (Ctrl-D) END OF TRANSMISSION

5 00/05 5 5 ENQ (Ctrl-E) ENQUIRY

6 00/06 6 6 ACK (Ctrl-F) ACKNOWLEDGE

7 00/07 7 7 BEL (Ctrl-G) BELL (Beep)

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8 00/08 10 8 BS (Ctrl-H) BACKSPACE

9 00/09 11 9 HT (Ctrl-I) HORIZONTAL TAB

10 00/10 12 0A LF (Ctrl-J) LINE FEED

11 00/11 13 0B VT (Ctrl-K) VERTICAL TAB

12 00/12 14 0C FF (Ctrl-L) FORM FEED

13 00/13 15 0D CR (Ctrl-M) CARRIAGE RETURN

14 00/14 16 0E SO (Ctrl-N) SHIFT OUT

15 00/15 17 0F SI (Ctrl-O) SHIFT IN

16 01/00 20 10 DLE (Ctrl-P) DATA LINK ESCAPE

17 01/01 21 11 DC1 (Ctrl-Q) DEVICE CONTROL 1 (XON)

18 01/02 22 12 DC2 (Ctrl-R) DEVICE CONTROL 2

19 01/03 23 13 DC3 (Ctrl-S) DEVICE CONTROL 3 (XOFF)

20 01/04 24 14 DC4 (Ctrl-T) DEVICE CONTROL 4

21 01/05 25 15 NAK (Ctrl-U) NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE

22 01/06 26 16 SYN (Ctrl-V) SYNCHRONOUS IDLE

23 01/07 27 17 ETB (Ctrl-W) END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK

24 01/08 30 18 CAN (Ctrl-X) CANCEL

25 01/09 31 19 EM (Ctrl-Y) END OF MEDIUM

26 01/10 32 1A SUB (Ctrl-Z) SUBSTITUTE

27 01/11 33 1B ESC (Ctrl-[) ESCAPE

28 01/12 34 1C FS (Ctrl-\) FILE SEPARATOR

29 01/13 35 1D GS (Ctrl-]) GROUP SEPARATOR

30 01/14 36 1E RS (Ctrl-^) RECORD SEPARATOR

31 01/15 37 1F US (Ctrl-_) UNIT SEPARATOR

() 32 02/00 40 20 SPACE

(!) 33 02/01 41 21 EXCLAMATION MARK

(") 34 02/02 42 22 QUOTATION MARK

($) 36 02/04 44 24 DOLLAR SIGN

(%) 37 02/05 45 25 PERCENT SIGN

(&) 38 02/06 46 26 AMPERSAND

(') 39 02/07 47 27 APOSTROPHE

(#) 35 02/03 43 23 NUMBER SIGN

($) 36 02/04 44 24 DOLLAR SIGN

(%) 37 02/05 45 25 PERCENT SIGN

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(&) 38 02/06 46 26 AMPERSAND

(') 39 02/07 47 27 APOSTROPHE

(() 40 02/08 50 28 LEFT PARENTHESIS

()) 41 02/09 51 29 RIGHT PARENTHESIS

(*) 42 02/10 52 2A ASTERISK

(+) 43 02/11 53 2B PLUS SIGN

(,) 44 02/12 54 2C COMMA

(-) 45 02/13 55 2D HYPHEN, MINUS SIGN

(.) 46 02/14 56 2E PERIOD, FULL STOP

(/) 47 02/15 57 2F SOLIDUS, SLASH

(0) 48 03/00 60 30 DIGIT ZERO

(1) 49 03/01 61 31 DIGIT ONE

(2) 50 03/02 62 32 DIGIT TWO

(3) 51 03/03 63 33 DIGIT THREE

(4) 52 03/04 64 34 DIGIT FOUR

(5) 53 03/05 65 35 DIGIT FIVE

(6) 54 03/06 66 36 DIGIT SIX

(7) 55 03/07 67 37 DIGIT SEVEN

(8) 56 03/08 70 38 DIGIT EIGHT

(9) 57 03/09 71 39 DIGIT NINE

(:) 58 03/10 72 3A COLON

(;) 59 03/11 73 3B SEMICOLON

(<) 60 03/12 74 3C LESS-THAN SIGN, LEFT ANGLE BRACKET

(=) 61 03/13 75 3D EQUALS SIGN

(>) 62 03/14 76 3E GREATER-THAN SIGN, RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET

(?) 63 03/15 77 3F QUESTION MARK

(@) 64 04/00 100 40 COMMERCIAL AT SIGN

(A) 65 04/01 101 41 CAPITAL LETTER A

(B) 66 04/02 102 42 CAPITAL LETTER B

(C) 67 04/03 103 43 CAPITAL LETTER C

(D) 68 04/04 104 44 CAPITAL LETTER D

(E) 69 04/05 105 45 CAPITAL LETTER E

(F) 70 04/06 106 46 CAPITAL LETTER F

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(G) 71 04/07 107 47 CAPITAL LETTER G

(H) 72 04/08 110 48 CAPITAL LETTER H

(I) 73 04/09 111 49 CAPITAL LETTER I

(J) 74 04/10 112 4A CAPITAL LETTER J

(K) 75 04/11 113 4B CAPITAL LETTER K

(L) 76 04/12 114 4C CAPITAL LETTER L

(M) 77 04/13 115 4D CAPITAL LETTER M

(N) 78 04/14 116 4E CAPITAL LETTER N

(O) 79 04/15 117 4F CAPITAL LETTER O

(P) 80 05/00 120 50 CAPITAL LETTER P

(Q) 81 05/01 121 51 CAPITAL LETTER Q

(R) 82 05/02 122 52 CAPITAL LETTER R

(S) 83 04/03 123 53 CAPITAL LETTER S

(T) 84 05/04 124 54 CAPITAL LETTER T

(U) 85 05/05 125 55 CAPITAL LETTER U

(V) 86 05/06 126 56 CAPITAL LETTER V

(W) 87 05/07 127 57 CAPITAL LETTER W

(X) 88 05/08 130 58 CAPITAL LETTER X

(Y) 89 05/09 131 59 CAPITAL LETTER Y

(Z) 90 05/10 132 5A CAPITAL LETTER Z

([) 91 05/11 133 5B LEFT SQUARE BRACKET

(\) 92 05/12 134 5C REVERSE SOLIDUS (BACKSLASH)

(]) 93 05/13 135 5D RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET

(^) 94 05/14 136 5E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT

(_) 95 05/15 137 5F LOW LINE, UNDERLINE

(`) 96 06/00 140 60 GRAVE ACCENT

(a) 97 06/01 141 61 SMALL LETTER a

(b) 98 06/02 142 62 SMALL LETTER b

(c) 99 06/03 143 63 SMALL LETTER c

(d) 100 06/04 144 64 SMALL LETTER d

(e) 101 06/05 145 65 SMALL LETTER e

(f) 102 06/06 146 66 SMALL LETTER f

(g) 103 06/07 147 67 SMALL LETTER g

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(h) 104 06/08 150 68 SMALL LETTER h

(i) 105 06/09 151 69 SMALL LETTER i

(j) 106 06/10 152 6A SMALL LETTER j

(k) 107 06/11 153 6B SMALL LETTER k

(l) 108 06/12 154 6C SMALL LETTER l

(m) 109 06/13 155 6D SMALL LETTER m

(n) 110 06/14 156 6E SMALL LETTER n

(o) 111 06/15 157 6F SMALL LETTER o

(p) 112 07/00 160 70 SMALL LETTER p

(q) 113 07/01 161 71 SMALL LETTER q

(r) 114 07/02 162 72 SMALL LETTER r

(s) 115 07/03 163 73 SMALL LETTER s

(t) 116 07/04 164 74 SMALL LETTER t

(u) 117 07/05 165 75 SMALL LETTER u

(v) 118 07/06 166 76 SMALL LETTER v

(w) 119 07/07 167 77 SMALL LETTER w

(x) 120 07/08 170 78 SMALL LETTER x

(y) 121 07/09 171 79 SMALL LETTER y

(z) 122 07/10 172 7A SMALL LETTER z

({) 123 07/11 173 7B LEFT CURLY BRACKET, LEFT BRACE
(|) 124 07/12 174 7C VERTICAL LINE, VERTICAL BAR
(}) 125 07/13 175 7D RIGHT CURLY BRACKET, RIGHT BRACE
(~) 126 07/14 176 7E TILDE

127 07/15 177 7F RUB (Ctrl-?) RUBOUT (DELETE)

A.12 WIC EBT processing codes

The data element Processing code is used in WIC Online EBT messages (100/110, 200/210, 420/430, 800/810, 804/814) and in
WIC files (Claim file “D4”, Auto-reconciliation file “D4” and State Benefit file “D4”). The Processing code is a constructed data
element made up of the Transaction type code, Account type code 1 and Account type code 2 as described in X9.93 Part 1.
Table 58 shows the values used in WIC EBT processing and SNAP processing. Values not shown are reserved.
Table 58 WIC EBT Processing code usage
Account type

Account type
Transaction
type code

Description
code 1

code 2

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Account type

Account type
Transaction
type code
Description

code 1

code 2
POS transactions 00 00 00 Cash purchase
00 96 00 Benefit cash purchase
00 97 00 WIC benefit purchase
00 98 00 Benefit SNAP purchase
01 96 00 Benefit cash withdrawal
02 97 00 WIC benefits authorized for load*
09 96 00 benefit purchase with cash back
20 00 96 Benefit cash return
20 97 00 WIC remove benefits*
20 00 98 benefit SNAP return
22 97 00 WIC benefits loaded*
30 97 00 WIC benefits calculated balance
31 00 00 benefit balance inquiry
31 96 00 cash balance inquiry
31 97 00 WIC benefit balance inquiry prior to benefit load*
31 98 00 SNAP balance inquiry
ATM transactions 01 00 00 withdrawal from cash account
01 10 00 withdrawal from checking account
01 20 00 withdrawal from savings account
01 30 00 withdrawal from DDA account
31 10 00 balance inquiry for cash account
31 20 00 balance inquiry for checking account
31 30 00 balance inquiry for savings account
*use in remote download in smart card WIC EBT

A.13 File name

Table 59 lists the File names used in super header and header records and identifies their usage by the type of transaction
processing used and whether the error processing described in Section 8.3 in X9.93 Part 2 Files applies.
Table 59 File name values

Name Description Usage

ACKNOWLEDGMENT FILE The Acknowledgment File is the vehicle by which file disposition in WIC EBT Smart Card processing,
communicated to the sender. error processing
AGGREGATE AUTO-RECON FILE A WIC auto-reconciliation file containing multiple auto-reconciliation files WIC EBT Online processing
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Name Description Usage

AGGREGATE CLAIM FILE A WIC claim extraction file containing multiple claim files WIC EBT Smart Card
processing(optional), error
processing
AUTO-RECONCILIATION FILE The Auto Reconciliation File assists Acquirers in resolving discrepancies WIC EBT Smart card processing and
between the EBT card issuer processor and the Acquirer. The file contains WIC EBT Online processing
the final disposition of all transactions received by the ET card issuer (optional), error processing
processor from the Acquirer.
HOTLIST REPLACEMENT FILE The HOTList Replacement File provides a file of the WIC card numbers WIC EBT Smart Card processing
that have had their status changed from active to lost or stolen
TXNS-ONLY AUTO-RECON File A WIC auto-reconciliation file containing transactions from multiple auto- WIC EBT Online processing
reconciliation files (optional), error processing
TXNS-ONLY CLAIM FILE A WIC claim extraction file containing transactions from multiple claim WIC EBT Smart Card processing
files. (optional), error processing
UPC/PLU STORE FILE The UPC/PLU store file contains the codes for all of the food items that WIC EBT Online and WIC EBT Smart
are available for purchase under a specific state WIC program Card processing
WIC CLAIM FILE The WIC Claim extraction file contains the details of the WIC transactions WIC EBT Smart Card processing,
processed by the Acquirer. error processing
REMOTE BENEFITS AVAILABLE The WIC Remote Benefits Available file contains transactions to update WIC EBT Smart Card processing
the benefits on a card.
REMOTE BENEFITS LOADED The WIC Remote Benefits Loaded file contains transactions performed by WIC EBT Smart Card processing
the remote issuer when benefits on a card were updated

A.14 Message type

The Message type data element is composed of 4 digits with the first digit indicating the version of the X9.93-2
standard used. The Version number corresponds to the File format version number value. The remaining 3 digits
are the Message type identifier and conform to the Message type identifier descriptions in ISO 8583:1993 and
X9.93-1. Table 60 shows which Message type identifiers are used in the detail records (“D4” and “D5”) within files.
Version 4 (aka v4) smart card implementations use message type “1XXX”, file format version “04”.
Table 60 Message type identifiers

File name Message type identifier

110 210 220 230 304 314 344 420 430
AUTO RECONCILIATION FILE X X X X X
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FILE X
AGGREGATE CLAIM FILE X
HOTLIST REPLACEMENT FILE X
UPC/PLU STORE FILE X
WIC CLAIM FILE X*
REMOTE BENEFITS AVAILABLE X
REMOTE BENEFITS LOADED X
TXNS-ONLY CLAIM FILE X*
*In Smart Card WIC EBT, the claim extraction file contains completed purchase transactions coded with 1230 and
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A.15 Unit of measure (“D4” and “D6” UPC/PLU records and bit 62-EA-12)
The Unit of measure data element is used in the UPC/PLU store file (APL) “D4” and “D6” records and in WIC Online
EBT in EBT data (bit 62) with the dataset identifier “EA” (bit 62-EA-12). The values shown in Table 61 for the Unit
of measure shall be used to identify the quantity of the food item as described on the food package, i.e., a
nutrition label for peanut butter indicating the package is “8 ounces” would have a Unit of measure of “ounce” or
“oz”. State agencies may use Table 54, Benefit Unit Description. See A.8 .
Table 61 Unit of measure values
Value Abbreviation
Gram g
Liter L
Ounce oz
Pound lb
Quart qt
Dollar value* $$$
Dozen* DOZ
*Values added that are not contained in ANS 260.1 associated with CVB & eggs.

A.16 Price type

Table 62 identifies the Price type codes used in UPC/PLU detail records.
Table 62 Price type values

Code Description
00 Price not disclosed (default)
01 Maximum price allowed for this item
02 Contractual price for this item
03 Cash Value Benefit item (quantity equal to $0.01) No maximum price
04-25 Reserved for national use
26-99 Reserved for private use
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Annex C - Version 4 (V4) considerations

Claim Submission File - The compressed file that is uploaded the FTP site for each State agency is called a Claim
Submission, regardless of the claim file format version being used – single, transaction or aggregate claim. A Claim
Submission File shall contain at least one v4 Extraction File. At a minimum, a Claim Submission File must contain
only one Extraction File, but multiple v4 Extraction Files within a Claim Submission File may be supported at the
WIC State Agency’s option.
Extraction File - To get the files to a readable form from the compressed Claim Submission File, the v4 files
(referenced in the TIG as WIC Claim Submission files) must be retrieved from a v4 Claim Submission using a
decompression tool. These decompressed files are referred to as Extraction Files. See file processing options in
10.2 and compression codes in A.10. State agencies will not support all compression methods – contact the WIC
agency or its processor for details.
Decompression of a v4 Claim Submission File will result in at least one Extraction File. In V4, the Extraction File will
have a different name from the Claim Submission File. The Claim Submission File and its Extraction File(s) are
separate and distinct entities. V4 Extraction Files must be provided in one of three forms described in v4 – a single
claim file for one card acceptor ID or WIC vendor location, or Transaction or Aggregate claim files for multiple card
acceptor IDs or WIC vendor locations.
Message and File Format Version – v4 has implemented using the 8583-1993 which uses “1230” for a completed
purchase and “1430” for reversals in a claim extraction file D4 record and any reversal in the auto-reconciliation
file.
UPC/PLU file – v4 adopts the purchase indicator for APL files (aka UPC/PLU files). Support for backward
compatibility to the v2 format (with duplicate UPCs for any UPC redeemable in ‘000’ broadband subcategory) will
cease per agreement with each State agency regarding the implementation date. March 1, 2018 is the current
regulatory implementation date unless an alternate date is approved by FNS. The regulatory requirement applies
to both online and smart card technologies.
WIC Acknowledgement File – if a claim file has no errors to report, at State agency option, no Acknowledgement
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Annex E - Smart Card Security

Under the WIC Smart Card EBT system, the food balances (prescription) are maintained and updated on the EBT
smart card chip. To get paid for approved purchases, the WIC vendor creates a claim file which is submitted to the
State agency daily. The EBT host processes the claim files by checking to be sure the redemption information
contains only State issued cards, the items match the current Authorized Product List and the WIC vendor was
active at the time of purchase. Additional security measures are described below.
WIC State agencies will provide each terminal operator with a Production Mother Authentication key
(MKAuthentication) and Production Mother Secret codes (WICSC5 and WICSC6). Industry standard practices are
used by State agencies for key management. These keys and secret codes are used to authenticate the card,
validate the PIN, and obtain balance information and update the food balances contained in restricted access files
on the smart card.
Terminal Encryption Keys
Each State agency will provide an authentication key (MKAuthentication) and two secret codes (MSCWICSC5 and
MSCWICSC6) to permit card authentication and read/update access to the card files. These keys and secret codes
must be stored in a tamper resistant area of the PIN pad or equivalent device of the card terminal in the grocery
lane.
Card Authentication
To verify that an EBT smart card inserted into the vendor POS terminal is a valid State agency card (not counterfeit
or a test card), the terminal software must generate an 8 digit random number to the EBT card with an instruction
to IntAut (Internal Authentication). To complete Internal Authentication, the card security module will use a 3DES
encryption key to generate a cryptogram stored in the RAM. The terminal then requests a ‘Get Response’
instruction to obtain the last 4 digits of the cryptogram. Using the MKAuthentication key, the POS terminal will
calculate the cryptogram and compare it to the card cryptogram. If a match exists, the card is authenticated.
Two additional steps include validating the check sum digit and matching the Issuer Identification Number (IIN).
The PAN is validated by computing the check sum digit since EBT cards must be Mod-10 compliant. The PAN check
sum digit is calculated and matched by the terminal. The POS terminal will also verify that the IIN matches the IIN
for the State agency who issued the card. If not matched as an IIN supported by the vendor location, the
redemption using the card is not allowed.
Validate PIN
The WIC cardholder must authenticate to the EBT card by entering a Personal Identification Number (PIN) in the
PIN pad device at the checkout lane. This device must contain a hardware security module to ensure the PIN is not
in the clear when it is sent to the EBT card. The terminal supplies a data file containing the PIN to a secure file area
of the EBT card. If the PIN matches, the benefit redemption process continues. If it does not match, a prompt to
enter a valid PIN is provided.
Transaction Signature
The transaction signature prevents modification (tampering) of redemption details contained in a claim file. The
unique transaction signature is created during the redemption process and then verified during claims processing
at the EBT host operated by the State agency or its contractor. The transaction signature uses an algorithm with a
cryptographic key residing on the card to create a unique electronic signature for each purchase. The signature is
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transaction signature matches the signature contained in the claim file, the purchase will be further processed for
approval.
Once a cardholder confirms a purchase at the POS terminal, the terminal software sends the food category,
subcategory codes and purchase quantities to the EBT card to create a 3-part transaction signature.1 The first part
is called the CRC-32 or Cyclical Redundancy Check. The second part is called the Card Transaction Counter. The
third part is called the Card signature Certificate (CSC). Examples of the three parts to the transaction signature
are presented below:
CRC-32
Example 2 shows how data is reordered in the Input Utilization String.
Example WIC Units Sold Input Utilization String Hexadecimal equivalent Resulting
Item CRC32
Code
1 01-002 0800 ‘01002008000300100500150000 0x30313030323030383030303330303130303530 0x642214
2450’ 3031353030303032343530 A7
03-001 0500
15-000 1000
2 07-001 03500 ‘05034035000700101000159975 0x30353033343033353030303730303130313030 0xBA00C0
3020’ 3031353939373533303230 84
05-034 03500
15-997 53020

CTC
The EBT smart card stores a 4-byte Card Transaction Counter (CTC). The CTC is incremented by 1 for each
successful card transaction (when updated benefits are written to the chip). The POS terminal reads the CTC from
the card by sending a Read Binary (RdBin) instruction.
Example CTC Value in RdBin Instruction CTC Response CTC Stored in POS Terminal Final CTC after card update
response
1 0x000000001 0x00000001 0x00000001 0x00000001
2 0x000000009 0x0000000A 0x0000000A 0x0000000A

3 0x00000001F 0x00000020 0x00000020 0x00000020

CSC
To obtain a Card Signature Certificate, the POS terminal submits a Input Data-block to the EBT card, byte order
unaltered with an Internal Authentication (IntAut) instruction. The Input Data block is structured as follows using
the CRC32 and CTC obtained from the card:
Example CRC32 [3-0] CTC [3-0] Input Data-block [7-0]
B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 B0
1 0x642214A7 0x00000001 64 22 14 A7 00 00 00 01
2 0xBA00C084 0x0000000A BA 00 C0 84 00 00 00 0A
3 0x014BE053 0x00000020 01 4B E0 53 00 00 00 20

1 The benefits utilization data is converted from ASCII text to Hexadecimal and formatted in ascending order before being presented to the
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ICC System Related Data

In the claim file records, a field called ICC System Related Data (PICX99) is populated in the claim file detail record
(D4) with the transaction signature created by the EBT card for each approved purchase. Security information in
this field consists of the CRC32, CTC, and CSC. In addition, the field contains the Integrated circuit card (ICC) result
code (formerly called the Point of Sale Condition Code or POSCC). See A.2 for the codes. The transaction signature
data is concatenated in a Tag, Length, and Value (TLV) format required by ISO-7816 (the international smart card
standard).
The first data element, the ICC, is required and is expressed as a 1-byte Hexadecimal number that must be
identified with TAG 0x81 and Length 0x01. The CRC32, CTC and CSC each is expected to be a 4 byte Hexadecimal
number and must be identified with Tag 0x82 and Length 0x04; Tag 0x83 and Length 0x04; and Tag 0x84 and
Length 0x04, respectively. Once concatenated, the field is right padded with spaces to length.
The order for concatenation is: {T1L1V1} + {T2L2V2} + {T3L3V3} + {T4L4V4} + {Padding}. Tag, Length, and Value are
binary data to be represented in the Claim file. Two examples are below using POSCC Value 0x00, CRC32 value
0x642214A7, CTC value 0x00000001, and CSC value 0x00CF6CD4:
Example 1 – Approved Transaction
{0x00} + {0x642214A7} + {0x00000001} + {0x00CF6CD4}
Example 2 – Denied Transaction – Cryptographically failed Transaction with POSCC 0x06
{0x06} + {0x642214A7} + {0x00000001} + {0x00CF6CD4}
Further details on smart card encryption processes for developers may be obtained by contacting FNS or a WIC
State agency for additional documentation. A signed Non-Disclosure Agreement will be required for access to this
documentation.

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