diff --git a/backend/src/ncpdpScriptBuilder/buildScript.v2017071.js b/backend/src/ncpdpScriptBuilder/buildScript.v2017071.js
index 07d566f..a642710 100644
--- a/backend/src/ncpdpScriptBuilder/buildScript.v2017071.js
+++ b/backend/src/ncpdpScriptBuilder/buildScript.v2017071.js
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ const XML_BUILDER_OPTIONS = {
   oneListGroup: 'true'
 };
 
-export function buildRxStatus(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON) {
-  const { Message } = newRxMessageConvertedToJSON;
+function buildMessage(inputMessage, body) {
+  const { Message } = inputMessage;
   const { Header, Body } = Message;
   const time = new Date();
-  const rxStatus = {
+  const message = {
     Message: [
       {
         Header: [
@@ -42,19 +42,41 @@ export function buildRxStatus(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON) {
         ]
       },
       {
-        Body: [
-          {
-            Status: [
-              {
-                Code: '000' // Placeholder: This is dependent on individual pharmacy
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        ]
+        Body: body
       }
     ]
   };
+  return message;
+}
+
+export function buildRxStatus(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON) {
+  const body = [
+    {
+      Status: [
+        {
+          Code: '000' // Placeholder: This is dependent on individual pharmacy
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ];
+  const rxStatus = buildMessage(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON, body);
+  const builder = new XMLBuilder(XML_BUILDER_OPTIONS);
+  return builder.build(rxStatus);
+}
 
+export function buildRxError(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON, errorMessage) {
+  const body = [
+    {
+      Error: [
+        {
+          Code: 900, // Transaction was rejected
+          DescriptionCode: 1000, // Unable to identify based on information submitted
+          Description: errorMessage
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ];
+  const rxStatus = buildMessage(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON, body);
   const builder = new XMLBuilder(XML_BUILDER_OPTIONS);
   return builder.build(rxStatus);
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/doctorOrders.js b/backend/src/routes/doctorOrders.js
index c4a3851..8f5ba55 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/doctorOrders.js
+++ b/backend/src/routes/doctorOrders.js
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
 import bpx from 'body-parser-xml';
 import env from 'var';
-import { buildRxStatus, buildRxFill } from '../ncpdpScriptBuilder/buildScript.v2017071.js';
+import {
+  buildRxStatus,
+  buildRxFill,
+  buildRxError
+} from '../ncpdpScriptBuilder/buildScript.v2017071.js';
 import { NewRx } from '../database/schemas/newRx.js';
 import { medicationRequestToRemsAdmins } from '../database/data.js';
 
@@ -52,12 +56,10 @@ router.get('/api/getRx/pickedUp', async (_req, res) => {
 });
 
 /**
- * Route: 'doctorOrders/api/addRx'
- * Description : 'Saves a new Doctor Order to db'
+ * Description: Process addRx / NewRx NCPDP message.
  */
-router.post('/api/addRx', async (req, res) => {
-  // Parsing incoming NCPDP SCRIPT XML to doctorOrder JSON
-  const newRxMessageConvertedToJSON = req.body;
+export async function processNewRx(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON) {
+  console.log('processNewRx NCPDP SCRIPT message');
   const newOrder = await parseNCPDPScript(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON);
 
   try {
@@ -68,21 +70,33 @@ router.post('/api/addRx', async (req, res) => {
     await newRx.save();
     console.log('Saved NewRx');
   } catch (error) {
-    console.log('Could not store the NewRx', error);
-    return error;
+    let errorStr = 'Could not store the NewRx';
+    console.log(errorStr, error);
+    return buildRxError(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON, errorStr);
   }
 
   try {
     await newOrder.save();
     console.log('DoctorOrder was saved');
   } catch (error) {
-    console.log('ERROR! duplicate found, prescription already exists', error);
-    return error;
+    let errorStr = 'ERROR! duplicate found, prescription already exists';
+    console.log(errorStr, error);
+    return buildRxError(errorStr);
   }
 
-  const RxStatus = buildRxStatus(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON);
-  res.send(RxStatus);
-  console.log('Sent RxStatus');
+  return buildRxStatus(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Route: 'doctorOrders/api/addRx'
+ * Description : 'Saves a new Doctor Order to db'
+ */
+router.post('/api/addRx', async (req, res) => {
+  // Parsing incoming NCPDP SCRIPT XML to doctorOrder JSON
+  const newRxMessageConvertedToJSON = req.body;
+  const status = await processNewRx(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON);
+  res.send(status);
+  console.log('Sent Status/Error');
 });
 
 /**
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/ncpdp.js b/backend/src/routes/ncpdp.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bed68d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/routes/ncpdp.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import express from 'express';
+const router = express.Router();
+// XML Parsing Middleware used for NCPDP SCRIPT
+import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
+import bpx from 'body-parser-xml';
+
+import { processNewRx } from './doctorOrders.js';
+import { buildRxError } from '../ncpdpScriptBuilder/buildScript.v2017071.js';
+
+bpx(bodyParser);
+router.use(
+  bodyParser.xml({
+    xmlParseOptions: {
+      normalize: true, // Trim whitespace inside text nodes
+      explicitArray: false // Only put nodes in array if >1
+    }
+  })
+);
+router.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
+
+/**
+ * Route: 'ncpdp/script'
+ * Description : 'Supports NCPDP SCRIPT messages, currntly only NewRx'
+ */
+router.post('/script', async (req, res) => {
+  // Parsing incoming NCPDP SCRIPT XML to JSON
+  console.log('received /ncpdp/script message');
+  const newRxMessageConvertedToJSON = req.body;
+  let message = newRxMessageConvertedToJSON?.Message;
+  let body = message?.Body;
+  let status = null;
+  if (body?.NewRx) {
+    // process NewRx message
+    status = await processNewRx(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON);
+  } else {
+    let errorStr = 'unknown message type';
+    console.log('/ncpdp/script ' + errorStr);
+    status = buildRxError(newRxMessageConvertedToJSON, errorStr);
+  }
+
+  res.send(status);
+  console.log('Sent Status/Error');
+});
+
+export default router;
diff --git a/backend/src/server.ts b/backend/src/server.ts
index c9289f4..802c10d 100644
--- a/backend/src/server.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import doctorOrders from './routes/doctorOrders.js';
+import ncpdp from './routes/ncpdp.js';
 const app = express();
 
 import cors from 'cors';
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ async function main() {
   app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
   app.use(cors(options));
   app.use('/doctorOrders', doctorOrders);
+  app.use('/ncpdp', ncpdp);
 
   let server: any = app;