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US Medicare Health Insurance Claim (HIC) Number

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A HIC number (HICN) is a Medicare beneficiary's identification number. Both CMS and the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) issue Medicare HIC numbers.

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Matched expressions

Regex expressions

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\b[A-Z]{0,3}[0-9]{9}[0-9A-Z]{1,3}\b

Matches a 10-15-character long alphanumeric string without a delimiter and checks the following:

  • Characters (0–3) are [A-Z]

  • Followed by a 9-digit number [0–9]

  • Last 3 characters are [A–Z, 0–9]

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\b[A-Z]{0,3}[0-9]{3} [0-9]{6}[0-9A-Z]{1,3}\b

Matches a 10-15-character long alphanumeric string delimited by space and checks the following:

  • Characters (0–3) are [A-Z]

  • Followed by a 9-digit number [0–9]

  • Last 3 characters are [A–Z, 0–9]

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\b[A-Z]{0,3}-[0-9]{3} [0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}-[0-9A-Z]{1,3}\b

Matches a 10-15-character long alphanumeric string delimited by space and hyphen and checks the following:

  • Characters (0–3) are [A-Z]

  • Followed by a 9-digit number [0–9]

  • Last 3 characters are [A–Z, 0–9]

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\b[A-Z]{0,3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}-[0-9A-Z]{1,3}\b

Matches a 10-15-character long alphanumeric string delimited by hyphen and checks the following:

  • Characters (0–3) are [A-Z]

  • Followed by a 9-digit number [0–9]

  • Last 3 characters are [A–Z, 0–9]

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Ignored expressions

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