HL7 Terminology (THO)
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NamingSystem: United States Medicare Number

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/medicareHIC Version:
Active as of 2022-02-07 Responsible: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Computable Name: MedicareHIC

Medicare Health Insurance Claim # (HIC) is a unique identifier of a beneficiary used for Medicare entitlement and billing purposes. Medicare Numbers (HIC or HICN) are represented without any spaces or dashes.

Summary

Defining URLhttp://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/medicareHIC
NameMedicareHIC
Statusactive
Definition

Medicare Health Insurance Claim # (HIC) is a unique identifier of a beneficiary used for Medicare entitlement and billing purposes. Medicare Numbers (HIC or HICN) are represented without any spaces or dashes.

PublisherCenter for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Identifiers

TypeValuePreferred
OID2.16.840.1.113883.4.572true
URIhttp://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-medicaretrue

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2022-02-15createTSMGJessica BotaIdentifier system moved from FHIR core to THO; UP-285