diff --git a/docs/rules/no-status-code-assert.md b/docs/rules/no-status-code-assert.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33cc981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/rules/no-status-code-assert.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Disallow the use of `statusCode` as a parameter in assert.
+
+## Fail
+
+```js
+assert(statusCode === StatusCodes.OK);
+assert.equal(statusCode, StatusCodes.OK);
+assert(response.status === 200);
+assert.equal(response.status, 200);
+```
+
+## Pass
+
+```js
+assert(response.otherProperty === 'test');
+```
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index e752a55..0e2f915 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8a8708e..c73b29e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
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-  "version": "7.9.0",
+  "version": "7.10.0",
   "description": "Check Digit eslint plugins",
   "keywords": [
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diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a1d3a95..d13a9a9 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import invalidJsonStringify, { ruleId as invalidJsonStringifyRuleId } from './in
 import noDuplicatedImports, { ruleId as noDuplicatedImportsRuleId } from './no-duplicated-imports.ts';
 import noLegacyServiceTyping, { ruleId as noLegacyServiceTypingRuleId } from './no-legacy-service-typing.ts';
 import noPromiseInstanceMethod, { ruleId as noPromiseInstanceMethodRuleId } from './no-promise-instance-method.ts';
+import noStatusCodeAssert from './no-status-code-assert.ts';
 import requireFixedServicesImport, {
   ruleId as requireFixedServicesImportRuleId,
 } from './require-fixed-services-import.ts';
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ const rules: Record<string, TSESLint.LooseRuleDefinition> = {
   'no-card-numbers': noCardNumbers,
   'no-enum': noEnum,
   'no-random-v4-uuid': noRandomV4UUID,
+  'no-status-code-assert': noStatusCodeAssert,
   'no-uuid': noUuid,
   'require-strict-assert': requireStrictAssert,
   'require-ts-extension-imports-exports': requireTsExtensionImportsExports,
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         '@checkdigit/no-enum': 'error',
         '@checkdigit/file-path-comment': 'error',
         '@checkdigit/no-random-v4-uuid': 'error',
+        '@checkdigit/no-status-code-assert': 'error',
         '@checkdigit/no-uuid': 'error',
         '@checkdigit/require-strict-assert': 'error',
         '@checkdigit/require-ts-extension-imports-exports': 'error',
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ const configs: Record<string, TSESLint.FlatConfig.Config[]> = {
         '@checkdigit/no-enum': 'error',
         '@checkdigit/file-path-comment': 'off',
         '@checkdigit/no-random-v4-uuid': 'error',
+        '@checkdigit/no-status-code-assert': 'error',
         '@checkdigit/no-uuid': 'error',
         '@checkdigit/require-strict-assert': 'error',
         '@checkdigit/require-ts-extension-imports-exports': 'error',
diff --git a/src/no-status-code-assert.spec.ts b/src/no-status-code-assert.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02e567a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/no-status-code-assert.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+// no-status-code-assert.spec.ts
+
+import rule, { ruleId } from './no-status-code-assert';
+import createTester from './ts-tester.test';
+
+createTester().run(ruleId, rule, {
+  valid: [
+    {
+      name: 'Valid case with await and expect',
+      code: `await fixture.api
+            .put(testURI)
+            .send(testData)
+            .expect(StatusCodes.CREATED);`,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Valid case with different property',
+      code: `assert(response.otherProperty === 'test');`,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Valid case with assert.equal and different property',
+      code: `assert.equal(response.otherProperty, 'test');`,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Valid case with assert.ok and different property',
+      code: `assert.ok(response.otherProperty === 'test');`,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Valid case with response.code',
+      code: `assert(message.code, 'Expected response.value to be StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST');`,
+    },
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with statusCode directly',
+      code: `assert(statusCode === StatusCodes.OK);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with statusCode directly and different status code',
+      code: `assert(StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST === statusCode);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with statusCode directly in assert.equal',
+      code: `assert.equal(test.statusCode, StatusCodes.CREATED);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with statusCode in assert.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR',
+      code: `assert.ok(statusCode === StatusCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with assert.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR in statusCode',
+      code: `assert.ok(StatusCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR === statusCode);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with statusCode in assert.equal',
+      code: `assert.equal(StatusCodes.CREATED, statusCode);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with statusCode in assert.equal with status code',
+      code: `assert.equal(statusCode, StatusCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with statusCode in a binary expression',
+      code: `assert(testStatusCode === StatusCodes.OK);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case in a binary expression with response.statusCode',
+      code: `assert(response.statusCode === StatusCodes.OK);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with StatusCode',
+      code: `assert(test.code === StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with response.status and StatusCodes',
+      code: `assert(StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST === response.status);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with response.value',
+      code: `assert(response.value === StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST, 'Expected response.value to be StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST');`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with response.status and StatusCode BAD_REQUEST',
+      code: `assert.ok(response.status === StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with response.status and 200',
+      code: `assert.equal(testStatusCode, 200);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Invalid case with assert response.status and 400',
+      code: `assert(response.status === 400);`,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+});
diff --git a/src/no-status-code-assert.ts b/src/no-status-code-assert.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..691fde0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/no-status-code-assert.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// no-status-code-assert.ts
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2025 Check Digit, LLC
+ *
+ * This code is licensed under the MIT license (see LICENSE.txt for details).
+ */
+
+import { StatusCodes } from 'http-status-codes';
+import { AST_NODE_TYPES, ESLintUtils, TSESLint, TSESTree } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
+import getDocumentationUrl from './get-documentation-url';
+
+export const ruleId = 'no-status-code-assert';
+const NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT = 'NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT';
+
+const createRule = ESLintUtils.RuleCreator((name) => getDocumentationUrl(name));
+
+// Checks if a given AST node contains any status code value.
+const hasStatusCodeOrValue = (arg: TSESTree.Node): boolean => {
+  switch (arg.type) {
+    case AST_NODE_TYPES.MemberExpression: {
+      const object = arg.object;
+      const property = arg.property;
+      if (
+        object.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.Identifier &&
+        object.name === 'StatusCodes' &&
+        property.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.Identifier
+      ) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case AST_NODE_TYPES.Literal:
+      if (typeof arg.value === 'number' && Object.values(StatusCodes).includes(arg.value)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      break;
+    case AST_NODE_TYPES.BinaryExpression:
+      return hasStatusCodeOrValue(arg.left) || hasStatusCodeOrValue(arg.right);
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
+// Checks if a given AST node is an identifier with the name 'assert'.
+const isAssertIdentifier = (node: TSESTree.Node): boolean =>
+  node.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.Identifier && node.name === 'assert';
+
+// Checks if a given AST node is a member expression with the object named 'assert'.
+const isAssertMemberExpression = (node: TSESTree.Node): boolean =>
+  node.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.MemberExpression &&
+  node.object.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.Identifier &&
+  node.object.name === 'assert' &&
+  node.property.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.Identifier;
+
+const isAssertCallWithStatusCode = (callee: TSESTree.Node, args: TSESTree.Node[]): boolean =>
+  (isAssertIdentifier(callee) || isAssertMemberExpression(callee)) && args.some((arg) => hasStatusCodeOrValue(arg));
+
+const rule: TSESLint.RuleModule<typeof NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT> = createRule({
+  name: ruleId,
+  meta: {
+    type: 'problem',
+    docs: {
+      description: 'Disallow using status codes in assertions; use error handling instead',
+    },
+    schema: [],
+    messages: {
+      [NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT]: 'Do not use status codes in assertions; use error handling instead',
+    },
+  },
+  defaultOptions: [],
+  create(context) {
+    return {
+      CallExpression(node: TSESTree.CallExpression) {
+        const callee = node.callee;
+        if (isAssertCallWithStatusCode(callee, node.arguments)) {
+          context.report({
+            node,
+            messageId: NO_STATUS_CODE_ASSERT,
+          });
+        }
+      },
+    };
+  },
+});
+
+export default rule;