For the column QUALITY_CD, instead of lookup, you can try search substring.
See if joining this way works
SELECT *
FROMA INNER JOIN LOOKUPTABLE
ON A.STATUS = LOOKUPTABLE.STATUS
AND CHARINDEX(A.QUALITY_CD,LOOKUPTABLE.QUALITY_CD) = 0
For the column QUALITY_CD, instead of lookup, you can try search substring.
See if joining this way works
SELECT *
FROMA INNER JOIN LOOKUPTABLE
ON A.STATUS = LOOKUPTABLE.STATUS
AND CHARINDEX(A.QUALITY_CD,LOOKUPTABLE.QUALITY_CD) = 0