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CHRG Reason Code: Underlying Charge Bearer Was Not Debt

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CHRG means underlying charge bearer was not debt in the ISO 20022 status reason code set. Related to a Charge message to convey that the charge bearer code used in the corresponding Payment message was not debt.

Code
CHRG
ISO name
UnderlyingChargeBearerWasNotDebt
Status
Registered
Last updated
2024-12-03

Official definition

Related to a Charge message to convey that the charge bearer code used in the corresponding Payment message was not debt.

Definition from the ISO 20022 External Code Sets, 2Q2026 (published 28 Aug 2026).

Messages and fields that use ExternalStatusReason1Code

MessageElement path
pacs.002TxInfAndSts/StsRsnInf/Rsn/Cd, OrgnlGrpInfAndSts/StsRsnInf/Rsn/Cd
pain.002OrgnlGrpInfAndSts/StsRsnInf/Rsn/Cd, OrgnlPmtInfAndSts/StsRsnInf/Rsn/Cd, OrgnlPmtInfAndSts/TxInfAndSts/StsRsnInf/Rsn/Cd
auth.027GrpSts/StsRsn/Rsn/Cd, PackgSts/StsRsn/Rsn/Cd, PackgSts/RcrdSts/StsRsn/Rsn/Cd
camt.025RctDtls/ReqHdlg/StsRsn/Rsn/Cd
camt.111InvstgtnRspn/InvstgtnData/RspnData/TxSts/StsRsnInf/Rsn/Cd
pain.014OrgnlGrpInfAndSts/StsRsnInf/Rsn/Cd, OrgnlPmtInfAndSts/StsRsnInf/Rsn/Cd, OrgnlPmtInfAndSts/TxInfAndSts/StsRsnInf/Rsn/Cd
reda.016PtySts/StsRsn/Rsn/Cd
reda.020SctiesAcctSts/StsRsn/Rsn/Cd
reda.047SctyCSDLkSts/StsRsn/Rsn/Cd
reda.051AcctLkSts/StsRsn/Rsn/Cd

And 8 more messages: see the ExternalStatusReason1Code page.

CHRG in other code sets

CHRG questions

What does CHRG mean in ISO 20022?
CHRG is Underlying Charge Bearer Was Not Debt in the ExternalStatusReason1Code code set: Related to a Charge message to convey that the charge bearer code used in the corresponding Payment message was not debt.
Where does CHRG appear in a message?
For example in pacs.002, element TxInfAndSts/StsRsnInf/Rsn/Cd.

All ExternalStatusReason1Code codes · ISO 20022 code sets · pacs.002 reject reasons explained

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