Manage Country Codes
Use country codes to create a list of cities and other political subdivisions used frequently in international addresses. The process streamlines the steps for addressing mail just as zip codes help to identify addresses in the United States.
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Field | Description |
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Country Code* | The country code. Enter up to seven (7) characters. |
Description | A description of the country code. Enter up to 30 characters. |
Social Security Code |
The corresponding Social Security Administration (SSA) country code. Note: Bridgeway maintains these
codes and obtains them from the SSA publication EFW2.
|
HIPAA Country Code |
The HIPAA country code. Use this field to associate user-defined country codes with a HIPAA-compliant country codes. Required for HIPAA transactions. Enter up to two (2) characters. |
Possibilities for Address Line 3 | |
Description | Required only for country codes outside of the United States. The non-US address line 3 information. Enter up to 40 characters. |
Currency Codes | |
Code | The currency associated with this country code. See Manage Currency Codes for more information. |
Description | The description of the currency code. This field is view-only. |
Add a Country Code
- Click .
- Enter a name for the country code and click .
- Enter a description for the country code (the name of the country).
- At
Social Security Code
, select a Social Security Administration (SSA) country code to associate your with country code. - At
HIPAA Country Code
, select a HIPAA-compliant country code to associate with your country code. - In the
Possibilities for Address Line 3
table, enter address line 3 information for countries outside of the United States. Note that this table is required for country codes that aren’t in the United States. Postal zip codes in the United States eliminate the need for a third address line. - Click .
- Enter the address line 3 information in the
Description
column. - If you need to delete a row you added, select the row and click .
- At the
Currency Codes
table, select a currency type to associate with this country code. - Click .
- Select or enter the currency in the
Code
column. The currency’s description will display automatically. - If you need to delete a row you added, select the row and click .
- Click to save.
Update a Country Code
- Select a country code to edit.
- Edit the
Description, Social Security
orHIPAA Country Codes, Possibilities for Address Line 3
, orCurrency Codes
information. - Click to save.
Delete a Country Code
- Select a country code to delete from the list.
- Click .
- At the message "Are you sure you want to delete this Country Code?" click to delete it.
- The country code is deleted from the list.