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Protected Health Information (PHI) is health information, including demographic data, created or received by a covered entity (such as any UNC Health entity hospital, clinic, department or workforce member of UNC Health or UNC SOM) which relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of health care to an individual; or the past, present or future payment for the provision of health care by an individual and that identifies or can be used to identify the individual.<\/p>\n

HIPAA Identifiers<\/h4>\n

The following 18 HIPAA identifiers will qualify as PHI if included in any written or electronic document or spoken conversation:<\/p>\n

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  1. Names<\/li>\n
  2. All geographical subdivisions smaller than a State, including street address, city, county, precinct, zip code, and their equivalent geocodes<\/li>\n
  3. All elements of dates (except year) for dates directly related to an individual, including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death, and all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age<\/li>\n
  4. Phone numbers<\/li>\n
  5. Fax numbers<\/li>\n
  6. Electronic mail addresses<\/li>\n
  7. Social Security numbers<\/li>\n
  8. Medical record numbers<\/li>\n
  9. Health plan beneficiary numbers<\/li>\n
  10. Account numbers<\/li>\n
  11. Certificate\/license numbers<\/li>\n
  12. Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers<\/li>\n
  13. Device identifiers and serial numbers<\/li>\n
  14. Web Universal Resource Locators (URLs)<\/li>\n
  15. IP address<\/li>\n
  16. Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints<\/li>\n
  17. Full face photographic images and any comparable images, and<\/li>\n
  18. Any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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