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Medicare Beneficiary Identifier

BENE_MBI_ID

An identifier that uniquely identifies a beneficiary and replaces the Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) on Medicare cards. The format of the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) is 11-positions in length and contains the following values: position 1 numeric values: 1 - 9 position 2 alphabetic values: A - Z (minus S, L, O, I, B, Z) position 3 alphanumeric values: 0 - 9 and A - Z (minus S, L, O, I, B, Z) position 4 numeric values: 0 - 9 position 5 alphabetic values: A - Z (minus S, L, O, I, B, Z) position 6 alphanumeric values: 0 - 9 and a - z (minus S, L, O, I, B, Z) position 7 numeric values: 0 - 9 position 8 alphabetic values: A - Z (minus S, L, O, I, B, Z) position 9 alphabetic values: A - Z (minus S, L, O, I, B, Z) position 10 numeric values: 0 - 9 position 11 numeric values: 0 - 9

Field Metadata

FHIR Resource
Patient
FHIRPath
Patient.identifier.where(
system = 'http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-mbi'
).value
Source View
V2_MDCR_BENE_HSTRY
Source Column
BENE_MBI_ID

Example

AAA1AA0AA11

Notes

PRVS_NUM if an obsolete date is present. CRNT_NUM if no obsolete date.

Mappings

CCLF
  • CCLF1.BENE_MBI_ID
  • CCLF2.BENE_MBI_ID
  • CCLF3.BENE_MBI_ID
  • CCLF4.BENE_MBI_ID
  • CCLF5.BENE_MBI_ID
  • CCLF6.BENE_MBI_ID
  • CCLF7.BENE_MBI_ID
  • CCLF8.BENE_MBI_ID
  • CCLF9.CRNT_NUM
  • CCLF9.PRVS_NUM
  • CCLFA.BENE_MBI_ID
  • CCLFB.BENE_MBI_ID
CCW
  • MBI_NUM
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