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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 Ö NUMERIC VALUES: 1 - 9 POSITION 2 Ö ALPHABETIC VALUES: A - Z (MINUS S, L, O, I, B, Z) POSITION 3 Ö ALPHANUMERIC VALUES: 0 - 9 AND A - Z (MINUS S, L, O, I, B, Z) POSITION 4 Ö NUMERIC VALUES: 0 - 9 POSITION 5 Ö ALPHABETIC VALUES: A - Z (MINUS S, L, O, I, B, Z) POSITION 6 Ö ALPHANUMERIC VALUES: 0 - 9 AND A - Z (MINUS S, L, O, I, B, Z) POSITION 7 Ö NUMERIC VALUES: 0 - 9 POSITION 8 Ö ALPHABETIC VALUES: A - Z (MINUS S, L, O, I, B, Z) POSITION 9 Ö ALPHABETIC VALUES: A - Z (MINUS S, L, O, I, B, Z) POSITION 10 Ö NUMERIC VALUES: 0 - 9 POSITION 11 Ö 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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