Person—Medicare personal identifier number, N(9)
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Medicare personal identifier number |
Synonymous names: | Medicare PIN |
METEOR identifier: | 601562 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health , Standard 14/10/2015 |
Definition: | A unique numeric identifier issued for use in identifying a person who has accessed a Medicare claimable service event. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—Medicare personal identifier number |
Value Domain: | Identifier N(9) |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Identifier | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | N(9) | |
Maximum character length: | 9 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | The Medicare PIN is system generated. The PIN allocated to a person at initial enrolment stays with that person throughout their existence in Medicare even if the person is supplied with different card numbers. A person can only be shown on two Medicare cards at one time and where a third card is required, a separate PIN is allocated (for example, a child shown on separate cards held by the parents and needs to be included on a carer's card). It is anticipated that at some stage there will be a unique identifier for a consumer across programs (e.g. Medicare, PBS, etc). However, this is currently not the case. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 Commonwealth Department of Health , Standard 14/10/2015 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 DSS specific information: Variable name = PIN |
Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Numerator
Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 1.1-Annual health assessments, 2016 Health!, Standard 17/08/2017 Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 2.1-Cardiac-related diagnostic tests, 2016 Health!, Standard 17/08/2017 Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 4.2-Chronic disease management, 2016 Health!, Standard 17/08/2017 Number of MBS-subsidised services for repeat colonoscopy per 100,000 people of all ages, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021 Number of MBS-subsidised services for repeat gastroscopy per 100,000 people of all ages, 2018-19 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021
Used as Denominator
Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 4.2-Chronic disease management, 2016 Health!, Standard 17/08/2017 |