HIPAA Identifiers
If requesting coded specimens, the patient information provided to the researcher conforms to a HIPAA Limited Data Set, and this cannot include any of the following HIPAA identifiers:
1. Name
2. Postal address information, other than town or city, state, and zip code
3. Telephone numbers
4. Fax numbers
5. Electronic mail addresses
6. Social Security number
7. Medical Record number
8. Health plan beneficiary numbers
9. Account numbers (e.g. bank numbers, credit card numbers, hospital bill account number)
10. Certificate/license numbers (e.g. passport number, driver’s license number, medical board license number)
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