FAA6.K Code Listings : 14 Quarters of Coverage Pattern Values
Quarters of Coverage Pattern Values
The following is a list of codes for quarters of coverage pattern values that display on QCIN. The codes display under the QUARTERS OF COVERAGE PATTERN heading for each quarter of the years listed to the left under the YEAR heading. Use the codes to determine whether a noncitizen participant has 40 quarters of coverage.
 
The following codes display:
 
A
Agricultural Quarter of Coverage
C
Wage Quarter of Coverage (This is the most common quarter code displayed)
D
Military Quarter of Coverage
F
Federal, State or Local government wage Quarter of Coverage (countable when the per quarter earnings requirement is met)
G
Gift Quarter of Coverage
J
Japanese Internment Quarter of Coverage
M
Military Quarter of Coverage
N
Quarter with no earnings, a non Quarter of Coverage
R
Railroad Quarter of Coverage
S
Self-employment Quarter of Coverage
U
A countable Quarter of Coverage derived from creditable noncovered earnings
W
A countable Quarter of Coverage derived from the sum of excess covered and noncovered earnings
X
Wage Quarter of Coverage that occur for 1951 or 1952
Z
An undetermined Quarter of Coverage occurring 1952 through the present
*
A covered Quarter of Coverage
#
An undetermined Quarter of Coverage occurring 1952 through 1977
-
A questionable Quarter of Coverage from noncovered earnings occurring after 1977