NCPDP Telecom tokens

The token term was created to avoid confusion with other terms that may be meaningful in an NCPDP Telecom context.

Tokens have these characteristics:

  • Tokens refer to grammatical elements in an NCPDP Telecom message definition, and are generally equivalent to an NCPDP Telecom field.
  • They can also refer to an NCPDP Telecom header segment, which contains multiple fields.
  • The header tokens are names REQ for requests and RES for responses.
  • The TRN token indicates the start of an NCPDP Telecom transaction.
  • Other tokens indicate grouping, and include the curly brace, parenthesis, and square bracket.