What Are 5 Examples of Phi

Patient names.Addresses — In particular, anything more specific than state, including street address, city, county, precinct, and in most cases zip code, and their equivalent geocodes.Dates — Including birth, discharge, admittance, and death dates.Telephone and fax numbers.Email addresses.

What is considered PII and PHI?

The major difference between PHI and PII is that PII is a legal definition – i.e. PII is anything that could be used to uniquely identify an individual. PHI is a subset of PII in that a medical record could be used to identify a person – especially if the disease or condition is rare enough.

What is considered personally identifiable information PII for HIPAA?

What Kinds of Information Constitute HIPAA PII? Personally identifiable information is data relating directly or indirectly to an individual, from which the identity of the individual can be determined. Examples of PII include patient names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and bank account numbers.

Marcus Vance

Marcus Vance

Cybersecurity & Digital Privacy Researcher

Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.

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