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X12 224 — Motor Carrier Summary Freight Bill Manifest

The 224 transmits a summary manifest of freight bills from a motor carrier to a payer or an audit-and-pay provider: all the transports of a period grouped.

Purpose

The 224 is used for freight payment flows in summary mode rather than line-by-line: it groups N freight bills (210) into a single manifest with totals, distance, weight, charges. It is typically issued weekly to a third-party payer (Cass, US Bank Freight Payment, Cantor Group).

It serves as a reconciliation instrument: the payer verifies each line against parallel 210s received. Acknowledged by 997; anomalies trigger an 824 (Application Advice) or a short-pay on the next 820 (Payment).

Envelope structure

The 224 travels within the three X12 envelope levels (ISA/IEA, GS/GE with functional group SM, and ST/SE). Didactic example in release 004010:

x12 example-224.x12 
ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*ACMECARRIER   *ZZ*CASSINFO       *260514*1100*U*00401*000000224*0*P*>~
GS*SM*ACMECARRIER*CASSINFO*20260514*1100*1*X*004010~
ST*224*0001~
B2A*B*SM*ACMECARRIER*CASSINFO*MAN-2026-W19~
DTM*RT*20260505~
DTM*RT*20260511~
LX*1~
N9*BM*BL-2026-W19-0001~
AMT*ZZ*1250.00~
LX*2~
N9*BM*BL-2026-W19-0002~
AMT*ZZ*2150.00~
TDS*340000~
SE*11*0001~
GE*1*1~
IEA*1*000000224~

Common segments

  • Header — ST, B2A (Beginning Segment for Set Purpose), DTM*RT (period).
  • Lines — LX loop: N9*BM (Bill of Lading), AMT*ZZ (freight bill amount).
  • Totals — TDS (Total Monetary Value Summary).
  • Carrier ID — REF*ZZ (SCAC), optional REF*ZZ (Pro Number Series).
  • Summary — SE.

Common pitfalls

  • Cents vs dollars: TDS is in cents, not dollars — a miss of factor 100 turns a $3,400 payment into $340,000.
  • Period overlap: a freight bill issued Friday can fall into two periods (current week, next week); a manifest that double-counts causes a double payment.
  • Short pay on 224: if a 224 line does not reconcile with its 210, the payer can shortpay; a manifest without N9*BM per line prevents line-by-line reconciliation.

Documentation

The code 224 and the name Motor Carrier Summary Freight Bill Manifest are public and listed on x12.org/products/transaction-sets. The complete structure of loops, qualifiers and code lists is distributed by DISA via the proprietary Implementation Guides (TR3). ediverse.io covers only public concepts, the envelope and didactic examples.