Instructions

OCR Programming 17 - 33
Health Industry - HIBCC43
This is the health industry module 43 check digit standard. The check digit is the modulus 43 sum of all the
character values in a given message, and is printed as the last character in a given message.
Example:
Supplier Labeling Data Structure: + A 1 2 3 B J C 5 D 6 E 7 1
Sum of values: 41+10+1+2+3+11+19+12+5+13+6+14+7+1 = 145
Divide 145 by 43. The quotient is 3 with a remainder of 16. The check digit is the character corresponding to the
value of the remainder (see Table 17-2), which in this example is 16, or G. The complete Supplier Labeling Data
Structure, including the check digit, therefore is:
A 1 2 3 B J C 5 D 6 E 7 1 G
Table 17-2 Table of Numeric Value Assignments for Computing HIBC LIC Data Format Check Digit
0 = 0 9 = 9 I = 18 R = 27 - = 36
1 = 1 A = 10 J = 19 S = 28 . = 37
2 = 2 B = 11 K = 20 T = 29 Space = 38
3 = 3 C = 12 L = 21 U =30 $ = 39
4 = 4 D = 13 M = 22 V = 31 / = 40
5 = 5 E = 14 N = 23 W = 32 + = 41
6 = 6 F = 15 O = 24 X = 33 % = 42
7 = 7 G = 16 P = 25 Y = 34
8 = 8 H = 17 Q = 26 Z = 35
Health Industry - HIBCC43
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