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AustraliaMedicare Number

Also known asMedicare No

ISO codes
AUS / AU
Region
Oceania
Length
9–11 characters
Checksum
Yes

Character map

Each cell is one character of the sample test value; separators are shown as-is.

Sample test value

3944 09409 7

This value was randomly generated to pass this country's validation rules. It is not a real ID and does not belong to any person.

(01)Country reference

Specification

Format
  • #### ##### #
  • #### ##### #/#
  • # — any digit
  • Other characters are written as shown.

Documented field layout: #### ##### #(/#)

Length

9–11 characters

Checksum
Yes

Check digits are recomputed and verified.

Embedded data
No

This number encodes no extractable personal data.

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Validation rules for Australia come from the open-source idnumbers library. Report a format issue on GitHub