Philippines PhilHealth Number

Detects Philippines PhilHealth Identification Numbers (PIN) in the common dashed format ##-#########-# (12 digits). Used for national health insurance membership and claims.

Type

regex

Engine

boost_regex

Confidence

high

Confidence justification

High confidence for dashed 2-9-1 format with PhilHealth keywords; structure is distinctive versus SSS (2-7-1).

Jurisdictions

ph

Regulations

Data Privacy Act 2012 (PH), Universal Health Care Act (PH)

Frameworks

ISO 27001, ISO 27701

Data categories

pii, phi, government-id, healthcare

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

9

Platform compatibility

Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Compatible, Netskope: Compatible

Pattern

\b\d{2}-\d{9}-\d{1}\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

PhilHealth, PhilHealth number, PIN, PhilHealth ID, [object Object], medical record number, patient ID, [object Object], [object Object], medicare, medicaid, insurance ID, member ID, beneficiary, ID number, identification, ID card, license, permit, registration (+1 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• 01-234567890-1 — Standard PhilHealth PIN
• 12-345678901-2 — Alternate PIN
• 08-901234567-0 — Third PIN example

Should not match

• 01-2345678-1 — SSS-like 2-7-1 grouping
• 012345678901 — Continuous 12 digits
• 01-234567890-12 — Two-digit trailing group

Known false positives

• Other health-system chart numbers with similar dash grouping. Mitigation: Require PhilHealth keywords in proximity.

References

• PhilHealth official site

Collections

• Coverage Phase 1 Priority Identifiers