A Mastercard regional or domestic-use MCC printed in the cited programme tables; the public booklet does not provide a category title.
Assignment guidance
When MCC 1373 should be used
When the applicable Mastercard regional or domestic programme explicitly assigns MCC 1373 to the merchant.
Only after the acquirer confirms the code title, permitted geography, programme, and transaction context.
Boundary guidance
When MCC 1373 should not be used
As a global merchant category or outside the programme in which the code is listed.
When a published, more specific MCC describes the merchant's primary business.
Scheme comparison
Names and evidence status
Absence from public material is not treated as proof that a scheme does not use the MCC.
Scheme-specific wording and evidence status for MCC 1373
Scheme
Evidence
Scheme wording
Comparison
Visa
Not listed
Not listed in the cited Visa catalogueThe April 2026 global listing was checked. Absence is not evidence that every Visa programme rejects the code.
Not available
Mastercard
Official, limited scope
Regional or domestic programme codeThe code is printed in a Mastercard programme table on PDF page 286, but the public booklet does not provide a category title.
Not available
American Express
Publicly not found
No current public definition locatedThe complete American Express Codes Reference Guide is not public. This is not evidence that the MCC is unsupported.
Not available
Discover / Diners Club
Publicly not found
No current public definition locatedNo complete current public Discover / Diners Club MCC catalogue was located. This is not evidence that the MCC is unsupported.
Not available
UnionPay
Not reviewed
No global definition reviewedThe official material reviewed so far is limited to EEA fee appendices and is not a global definition catalogue.
SchemeLens descriptions and use boundaries are editorial summaries of the cited material. Final MCC assignment depends on the merchant's primary business, current scheme rules, region, programme, and acquirer requirements.