Optometric Billing-Medicare Id Number Suffixes

Ever Wonder what the letters at the end of a patient's Medicare ID# mean? I always did too at one time so I decided to share it with all of you.

As originally published by the Council of Nephrology Social Workers:

*A = retired worker
  B = wife of retired worker
  B1 = husband of retired worker
  B6 = divorced wife
  B9 = divorced second wife
  C = child of retired or deceased worker; numbers after C denote order of children claiming benefit
  D = widow
  D1 = widower
  D6 = surviving divorced wife
  E = mother of a child of a deceased worker
  E1 = divorced mother of a child of a deceased worker
  F1 = aged dependent father
  F2 = aged dependent mother
*HA = disabled worker HB = wife of disabled worker
  HC = child of disabled worker
*J1 = special “over 72” benefit, has A and B
  K1 = wife of “over 72” benefit, has A and B
*M = has Part B Medicare only, no SSA benefit
 *T = has A and B Medicare, no SSA benefit
  W = disabled widow
  WA = railroad retirement

*denotes the recipient’s own social security number.

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