Protected Health Information

Considered individually identifiable if it includes one more of the following:

  1. Names
  2. All geographic references smaller than a state, including:
    • street address
    • city
    • county
    • precinct
    • zip codes, geocodes
  3. Telephone & fax number
  4. E-mail addresses
  5. Social Security numbers
  6. Medical record numbers
  7. Health plan beneficiary numbers
  8. Account numbers
  9. All elements of dates (except years) for dates related to an individual, including:
    • birth dated
    • admission or discharge date
    • date of death
    • all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age, except that such ages and elements may be aggregated into a single category of age 90 or older
  10. Certificate/license numbers
  11. Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers
  12. Device identifiers and serial numbers
  13. Web Universal Resource Locators (URLs)
  14. Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers
  15. Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints
  16. Full face photographic images and any comparable images
  17. Any other unique identifying numbers, characteristics, or codes