Code List 54: Availability Status Code

Used in data element DNAC.

Availability Status Code Used In Data Element Dnac In Segments Dnb Or In Ackmnt And In Data Element Avst In Segment Avl In Pvuinf.

Code	Meaning
`Code`	Description
`AB`	Publication abandoned
`AD`	Apply direct: item not available to trade
`AS`	Already supplied (with delivery date in DTM)
`AU`	Publisher’s address unknown
`CS`	Status uncertain: check with customer service (used in situations when a coded response is inadequate)
`DQ`	Discount query: available, but discount claimed in order is unacceptable(to be accompanied by discount terms which supplier is prepared to offer)
`FQ`	Only obtainable abroad, do you wish to order and accept cost?
`HK`	Paperback out of print: hardback available
`IB`	In stock (at wholesaler or bookseller)
`IP`	In print and in stock (including >manufactured on demand)
`NK`	Item not known (cannot be traced)
`NN`	We do not supply this item NP Not yet published
`NQ`	Not stocked, do you wish us to order for you?
`NS`	Not sold separately
`OA`	On order from abroad
`OB`	Temporarily out of stock (at wholesaler or bookseller)
`OF`	This format out of print: other format available
`OO`	On order from publisher OP Out of print
`OR`	Out of print: (to be) replaced by new edition
`OS`	On order from abroad
`PC`	Order in process at bookseller: awaiting customer action
`PK`	Hardback out of print: paperback available
`PN`	Publisher no longer in business
`PQ`	Price query: available, but query whether price is acceptable (normally used when actual price exceeds price quoted in order by more than an agreed margin)
`PR`	Order in process at bookseller
`RE`	Awaiting reissue
`RF`	Refer to other publisher or distributor
`RM`	Remaindered
`RR`	Rights restricted: cannot supply
`SD`	Sold (for secondhand/antiquarian items)
`SO`	Pack not available: available as single items only
`ST`	Stocktaking: temporarily unavailable
`TO`	Only to order
`TU`	Temporarily unavailable from publisher, but expected to be available again ( including >reprinting=)
`UB`	Item unobtainable from our sources
`UC`	Unavailable, and may or may not become available again (including >reprint under consideration=)
`20`	Item(s) currently out of stock
`21`	Discounted item(s)
`23`	Unable to comply with required delivery date
`29`	Item not valid - unrecognised by supplier
`30`	Delivery location not recognised
`31`	Item substituted - discontinued line
`32`	Item substituted - out of stock
`33`	Price change

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