2022–2023 COD Technical Reference (Final) (June 2022 Update)

The 2022–2023 Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) Technical Reference, containing development information for the 2022–23 award year, is published below.

For this update, we added Volume IV. For a list of earlier updates, refer to the “March 2022 Change Tracking Log and Volume III Change Tracking Log.*”

If you have questions about this material, contact the COD School Relations Center at 1-800-848-0978. You may also email CODSupport@ed.gov.

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume I: Getting Started (Master File) in PDF Format, 30 Page, 1.3MB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume I, Table of Contents in PDF Format, 2 Pages, 190KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume I, Section 1 - Document Standards in PDF Format, 7 Pages, 288KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume I, Section 2 - Overview of Changes from 2021–2022 to 2022–2023 in PDF Format, 7 Pages, 381KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume I, Section 3 - COD Overview in PDF Format, 14 Pages, 430KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume II: Common Record Technical Reference (Master File) in PDF Format, 435 Pages, 5MB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume II, Table of Contents in PDF Format, 8 Pages, 192KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume II, Section 1 – Implementation Guide in PDF Format, 300 Pages, 2.6MB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume II, Section 2 – Message Classes in PDF Format, 13 Pages, 431KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume II, Section 3 – Common Record Layout in PDF Format, 72 Pages, 1.2MB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume II, Section 4 - Edits in PDF Format, 42 Pages, 696KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume III: Combination System Supplement (Master File) in PDF Format, 253 Pages, 3.8MB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume III, Table of Contents in PDF Format, 4 Pages, 102KB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume III, Section 1 – Combination System Implementation Guide in PDF Format, 66 Pages, 832KB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume III, Section 2 – Combination System Message Classes in PDF Format, 5 Pages, 227KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume III, Section 3 – Combination System Record Layouts in PDF Format, 154 Pages, 2.2MB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume III, Section 4 - Combination System Edits in PDF Format, 24 Pages, 374KB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume IV: Direct Loan (DL) Tools (Master File) in PDF Format, 46 Page, 1MB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume IV, Table of Contents in PDF Format, 3 Pages, 100KB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume IV, Section 1 - Direct Loan Tools for Windows, Release 22.0 in PDF Format, 6 Pages, 215KB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume IV, Section 2 - Direct Loan Tools Release 22.0 Message Classes in PDF Format, 4 Pages, 186KB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume IV, Section 3 - Direct Loan Tools Release 22.0 Record Layouts in PDF Format, 5 Pages, 230KB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume IV, Section 4 - Direct Loan Tools Release 22.0 Reports in PDF Format, 28 Pages, 533KB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume V: School Testing Guide (Master File) in PDF Format, 70 Pages, 1.3MB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume V, Table of Contents in PDF Format, 3 Pages, 106KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume V, Section 1 – COD School Testing Guide in PDF Format, 20 Pages, 338KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume V, Section 2 – COD Test Cases in PDF Format, 47 Pages, 832KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VI: Appendices (Master File) in PDF Format, 438 Pages, 7.3MB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VI, Table of Contents in PDF Format, 11 Pages, 236KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VI, Section 1 – Glossary in PDF Format, 25 Pages, 363KB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VI, Section 2 – Funding Methods in PDF Format, 9 Pages, 215KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VI, Section 3 – State, Jurisdiction, and Country Codes in PDF Format, 10 Pages, 350KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VI, Section 4 – System Security in PDF Format, 10 Pages, 253KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VI, Section 5 – XML Examples in PDF Format, 60 Pages, 677KB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VI, Section 6 – Print Specifications and Forms in PDF Format, 28 Pages, 587KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VI, Section 7 – COD Reports in PDF Format, 285 Pages, 4.5MB *

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Table of Contents in PDF Format, 3 Pages, 92KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 1 – COD System Generated XML Response File Instructions in PDF Format, 3 Pages, 154KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 2 – AC Doc Type Example in Text Format, 2KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 2 – AC TEACH Exit Counseling Example in Text Format, 2KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 3 – AT Doc Type Example in Text Format, 2KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 4 – BN Doc Type Example in Text Format, 2KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 6 – EC Doc Type Example in Text Format, 2KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 7 – ND Doc Type Example in Text Format, 3KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 7 – ND Iraq Afghanistan Service Grant Doc Type Example in Text Format, 3KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 8 – PN Doc Type Example in Text Format, 2KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 9 – PS Doc Type Example in Text Format, 2KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 10 – SP Parent PLUS Doc Type Example in Text Format, 4KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 11 – SP Grad PLUS Doc Type Example in Text Format, 5KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 12 – OF Doc Type Example in Text Format, 5KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 13 – CS Doc Type Example in Text Format, 5KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 14 – SU Doc Type Example in Text Format, 3KB

2022-2023 COD Technical Reference: Volume VII, Section 15 – IB Doc Type Example in Text Format, 7KB

*The Department of Education strives to make all content accessible to everyone. While these documents do not currently meet the standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, Federal Student Aid is working to create accessible versions. If you need access to these documents before the accessible versions are available, please contact the Information Technology Accessibility Program Help Desk at ITAPSupport@ed.gov to help facilitate.