DED Deductions
To specify payment related information for child support payment deductions
Sequence
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
Code specifying type of deduction being withheld from an employee's pay
DED01 is the type of deduction.
Codes (13)
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as
specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
DED02 is the code indicating the case identifier.
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the
calendar year
DED03 is the pay date.
Monetary amount
DED04 is the payment amount.
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as
specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
DED05 is the social security number of the absent parent.
Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response
DED06 indicates if the obligor has family medical insurance coverage available
through their employer. A "Y" indicates medical coverage is available. An "N"
indicates there is no coverage. A "W" indicates that the disposition of medical
insurance is not applicable to the deduction.
Codes (9)
Free-form name
DED07 is the name of the absent parent. The absent parent's name contains the
first seven letters of the obligor's last name followed by the first three
letters of the obligor's first name. A comma must be used to separate the last
name from the first name of the absent parent when the last name is less than
seven characters.
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as
specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
DED08 contains the Federal Information Process Standard (FIPS) Code. The FIPS
code is 5 characters when indicating both the state and county codes. It is
seven characters when indicating state, county and local codes.
Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response
DED09 identifies to the child support enforcement agency that an individual's
employment has terminated. A "Y" is used if the employee has been terminated
otherwise the field is not used. DED04 may contain zero if this field is used.
Codes (9)