calling toLowerCase on a number throws an exception

[mmacmillan]

serviceCode is being parsed as a number and throwing the exception 'toLowerCase is not a function'; this exception hides the original exception being handled. coercing to a string and calling toLowerCase to handle null, numeric, and blank case

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[jyotisaini]

@KalpanaRamasamy90 Can you take a look at the PR ?