ISO 20022 · Return reason

NARRNarrative

Registered in sourceSource release: August 2026 (v3)

Published definition

Reason is provided as narrative information in the additional reason information.

Code set and usage

Return reason contains 104 registered codes. Its exact identifier is ExternalReturnReason1Code.

Specifies the return reason, as published in an external return reason code list. External code sets can be downloaded from www.iso20022.org.

Use the code with the applicable message version and implementation guide. A matching code value alone does not establish the same meaning in another set.

View 59 published message references

This code in other sets 10

These share the characters NARR. Their meanings belong to their respective sets.