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The "batch code" & it's original engineering number are dependent on the "calibration code" as listed on your door pillar.
Sometimes subford will have the number if you post your calibration #.
On a very few trucks I've seen a sticker (about 1 inch square) with the batch code on it in the vicinity of the drivers side footwell.
Also your "engineering number" would be something like F2TF-12A650-MA, the 12A650 being the basic description for "computer" & the MA something like a revision code.
Yeah, it's not uncommon to have parts from the previous model year early in the next model year, if there was no change in the configuration/calibration into the new model year.