HIPAA Safe Harbor: dates and ages over 89 (45 CFR 164.514(b)(2)(i)(C))
Only the year of a date tied to a person may stay, and ages over 89 (and any date that would reveal one) collapse into one 90-or-older group.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
In the source's own words
“All elements of dates (except year) for dates directly related to an individual, including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death; and all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age, except that such ages and elements may be aggregated into a single category of age 90 or older;”
Where it was read
Also read from the same source
- HIPAA Privacy Rule: the de-identification standard (45 CFR 164.514(a))
- HIPAA Privacy Rule: the Expert Determination method (45 CFR 164.514(b)(1))
- HIPAA Privacy Rule: the Safe Harbor method, whose identifiers must go (45 CFR 164.514(b)(2)(i))
- HIPAA Safe Harbor: geography and the three-digit ZIP rule (45 CFR 164.514(b)(2)(i)(B))
- HIPAA Safe Harbor: any other unique number, characteristic or code (45 CFR 164.514(b)(2)(i)(R))
- HIPAA Safe Harbor: the no actual knowledge condition (45 CFR 164.514(b)(2)(ii))
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