Medicare card number identifier N(11)
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
|---|---|
| METeOR identifier: | 270694 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 02/09/2016 WA Health, Endorsed 19/03/2015 Indigenous, Endorsed 05/09/2014 Community Services (retired), Recorded 27/03/2007 |
| Definition: | A combination of numeric characters that uniquely identify a Medicare customer. |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Identifier |
| Data type: | Number |
| Format: | N(11) |
| Maximum character length: | 11 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Full Medicare number for an individual (i.e. family number plus person (individual reference) number). |
| Comments: | The Medicare card number is printed on a Medicare card and is used to access Medicare records for an eligible person. Up to 9 persons can be included under the one Medicare card number with up to five persons appearing on one physical card. Persons grouped under one Medicare card number are often a family, however, there is no requirement for persons under the same Medicare card number to be related. A person may be shown under separate Medicare card numbers where, for example, a child needs to be included on separate Medicare cards held by their parents. As a person can be identified on more than one Medicare card this is not a unique identifier for a person. |
Relational attributes | |
| Data elements implementing this value domain: | Person—government funding identifier, Medicare card number N(11) Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
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