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Slide Presentation on the Privacy Rule and Research
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Does “Unique Identifier” Include a
Re-identification Code?
- A covered entity may assign a code to allow information de-identified
under the Privacy Rule to be re-identified by the covered entity, as long
as:
- The code is not derived from or related to information about the
individual.
- The code is not otherwise capable of being translated to identify the
individual. And
- The covered entity does not use or disclose the code for any other
purpose, and does not disclose the mechanism for re-identification.
- Disclosure of a code or other means of record identification designed to
enable coded (or otherwise de-identified information) to be re-identified is
a disclosure of PHI. And
- If de-identified information is re-identified, a covered entity must use or disclose such re-identified information in accordance with the Privacy Rule.
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