Medicare provider stem number
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| METEOR identifier: | 609680 |
| Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
| Definition: | A stem number is the unique identifier for a Medicare provider and is up to six numeric characters in length. Added to this stem number is a single digit alphanumeric character which denotes the practice location, followed by an alpha character which is a check character. From a technical perspective and for data storage purposes, the provider six digit stem number is often referred to as the provider identifier. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Steward: | Department of Health and Aged Care |
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Relational attributes | |
| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Medicare diagnostic imaging multiple services rule Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 23/06/2015 |