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Data Element Detail

Medicare card number
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040164 v2
Data Element
Data Element
Current
15-Apr-2003		Superseded
29-May-2012
Standard
01-Jul-2003
30-Jun-2012
Medicare number of patient. Personal identifier allocated by the Health Insurance Commission to eligible persons under the Medicare scheme.
Medicare utilisation statistics and institutional health care.
Medicare card number
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Identification Number
N(11)
11
11
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

The 11 digit Medicare Number comprises: 8 digits a check digit (1 digit) an issue number (1 digit) a person number (1 digit)
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Alignment with this standard is not mandatory for legacy systems. However, for any new system where the collection of Medicare number is required, the collection of 11 digits is mandatory.
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC):
Transmit as blank if not available or if null.
The 11 digit medicare number maybe collected either as one 11-digit field or as two fields (10+1 digit): the 10 digit family number in one field and the 1 digit person number in another field.
Some legacy systems that do not fully comply with this standard may still exist (eg. Those collecting 10 digits only). Under Medicare, each eligible family in the population is assigned a unique identifying number. This number, together with age and sex, provides an essentially unique identifier.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementMedicare card numberQH 040164 Version 1Superseded
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementPerson-Medicare card numberQH 040164 Version 3Current
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionEmergency Data Collection (EDC)QH 020159 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-200330-Jun-2012
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Cancer Registry (QCR) Data CollectionQH 020002 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-200330-Jun-2012
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-200330-Jun-2012
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Person-government funding identifier, Medicare card number N(11), Identifier 270101, Health standard 01/03/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/270101/meteorItemView/long
Medicare;