using awk command

Below is the output from a db2 reorg command.

DB20000I The REORG command completed successfully.

I am trying to grab the return code(DB20000I) to check for succees or failure.
I need to use this output to send alerts if it fails.
How do I store just the return code in a variable.

I am using the below command but it's just printing the return code.
db2 "reorg table <table>"|awk '{print $1}'

Thanks in advance.

variable=$(db2 "reorg table <table>"|awk '{print $1}')

var='db2 "reorg table <table>" | cut -f1'
should work also.... so, no need for awk.