Australian Healthcare Identifiers

Healthcare-specific identifiers for Australian health data protection under the My Health Records Act 2012 and Privacy Act 1988.

Jurisdictions
au
Regulations
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), My Health Records Act 2012 (Cth)
Patterns
5

Patterns in this collection

Healthcare Provider Identifier - Individual

Detects Healthcare Provider Identifier - Individual (HPI-I) patterns. The HPI-I is a 16-digit number starting with the prefix 800361. No checksum validation.

Type
regex
Confidence
medium

Individual Healthcare Identifier

Detects Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI) patterns. The IHI is a 16-digit number starting with the prefix 800360; the official format carries a Luhn check digit (not enforced here).

Type
regex
Confidence
medium

Australia Medicare Card Identifier

Identifies Australian Medicare card numbers (10-11 digits, first digit 2-6). Filters same-digit sequences. Requires corroborative health-scheme keywords for reliable detection.

Type
regex
Confidence
medium

Medicare Provider Number

Detects Medicare Provider Number patterns. An 8-character code consisting of 6 digits, a location character, and a check character. Validated by location and check character sets.

Type
regex
Confidence
medium

PBS Prescriber Number

Detects PBS Prescriber Number patterns. A 7-digit number whose check digit uses weights [0,5,8,4,2,1], mod 11 (checksum NOT enforced in this regex-only pattern; structural detection only).

Type
regex
Confidence
low