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
- Engine
- universal
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence justification
- Medium confidence: the 800361 prefix provides strong structural specificity for a 16-digit identifier. However, corroborative keywords are recommended to distinguish from other long numeric sequences. The prefix significantly reduces false positives compared to generic patterns.
- Detection quality
- Partial
- Jurisdictions
- au
- Regulations
- HRIPA (Cth), IPA 2009 (Qld), My Health Records Act 2012 (Cth), NDB Scheme (Cth), Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
- Frameworks
- ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 2
- Data categories
- phi, healthcare
- Scope
- narrow
- Risk rating
- 8
- Platform compatibility
- Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Compatible, Netskope: Compatible
Pattern
\b800361\d{10}\bCorroborative evidence keywords
HPI-I, HPII, healthcare provider identifier, IHI, Individual Healthcare Identifier, healthcare identifier, HPI, HPI-O, provider identifier, AHPRA, registration number, prescriber number, PBS prescriber, pharmaceutical benefits, Medicare provider, provider number, MRN, medical record number, patient ID, NPI (+6 more)
Proximity: 300 characters
Should match
8003610000000001— HPI-I with standard 800361 prefix8003611234567890— HPI-I with typical digit sequence8003619999999999— HPI-I upper range
Should not match
8003620000000001— Wrong prefix (800362 instead of 800361)800361000000001— Too few trailing digits (9 instead of 10)80036100000000020— Too many trailing digits (11 instead of 10)
Known false positives
- Long numeric sequences in unrelated contexts (tracking numbers, serial codes) matching the Healthcare Provider Identifier - Individual format Mitigation: Use corroborative keywords and, where available, checksum validation to filter false matches.