220-1002 · Question #630
Which of the following is an example of PHI?
The correct answer is A. Phone number. PHI (Protected Health Information) is defined under HIPAA as any individually identifiable health information linked to a patient. HIPAA specifies 18 categories of identifiers that make health information 'individually identifiable,' and phone number is explicitly one of them…
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Which of the following is an example of PHI?
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- APhone number
- BCredit card number
- CSalary information
- DEmployer information
How the community answered
(21 responses)- A95% (20)
- B5% (1)
Explanation
PHI (Protected Health Information) is defined under HIPAA as any individually identifiable health information linked to a patient. HIPAA specifies 18 categories of identifiers that make health information 'individually identifiable,' and phone number is explicitly one of them. When a phone number appears in the context of health records, it can be used to identify a specific patient, making it PHI. Credit card numbers (B) are governed by PCI-DSS, not HIPAA. Salary information (C) is covered under employment privacy laws (e.g., FLSA, state labor laws). Employer information (D) by itself is generally not a HIPAA-protected identifier. The key principle: PHI = health data + any of the 18 HIPAA identifiers, of which phone number is one.
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