Requirements Designation
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requirements designation overview this table defines the requirement designation applied to each element in the message the designation indicates whether an element is required by the ncpdp schema, enforced by surescripts defined business rules, or dependent on specific conditions understanding these designations helps ensure proper message construction, validation, and compliance with both standard and business specific requirements element attributes code description mandatory the element must be used because it is required per the ncpdp schema business rule if sent, the element must be used per the surescripts business rule note not all business rules reside in this table conditional the element must be used per the conditions specified notes elements that are grouped together may be marked as mandatory; however, if the group itself is marked as conditional, then these are only required if you use the group this guide only includes data elements where surescripts has specific requirements or further explains the field usage refer to the ncpdp script schema listed in document references docid\ gbrepzd7mqfnxlfq9uflh for a complete list of fields