They are functionally the same.

With:

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX">

there is no FOLLOW or NOFOLLOW so the default is FOLLOW which is equal to:

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,FOLLOW">

Both are functionally the same and neither is incorrect, however, if you are mechanizing this meta-tag, I would suggest the more complete:

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,FOLLOW">

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