Sometimes you are trying to verify benefits / payer source on a referral and you’re working with a Medicare number that ends in a letter. Here’s a quick cheat sheet on the meaning associated with that letter:
| Code | Meaning |
| A | Primary claimant (wage earner), retired worker |
| B | Aged wife, age 62 or over |
| B1 | Aged husband, age 62 or over |
| B2 | Young wife, with a child in her care |
| B3 | Aged wife, age 62 or over, second claimant |
| B5 | Young wife, with a child in her care, second claimant |
| B6 | Divorced wife, age 62 or over |
| B9 | Divorced second wife |
| BY | Young husband, with a child in his care |
| C; C1-C9 | Child – Includes minor, student or disabled child. Numbers after C denote order of children claiming benefit. |
| D | Aged Widow, age 60 or over |
| D1 | Aged widower, age 60 or over |
| D2 | Aged widow (2nd claimant) |
| D3 | Aged widower (2nd claimant) |
| D6 | Surviving Divorced Wife, age 60 or over |
| E | Widowed Mother |
| E1 | Surviving Divorced Mother |
| E4 | Widowed Father |
| E5 | Surviving Divorced Father |
| F1 | Parent (Father) |
| F2 | Parent (Mother) |
| F3 | Stepfather |
| F4 | Stepmother |
| F5 | Adopting Father |
| F6 | Adopting Mother |
| HA | Disabled claimant (wage earner) |
| HB | Aged wife of disabled claimant, age 62 or over |
| 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 | Uninsured – Premium Health Insurance Benefits (Part A) / has Part B only, no SSA benefit? |
| M1 | Uninsured – Qualified for but refused Health Insurance Benefits (Part A) |
| T | Uninsured – Entitled to HIB (Part A) under deemed or renal provisions; or Fully insured who have elected entitlement only to HIB / has A and B, no SSA benefit |
| TA | Medicare Qualified Government Employment (MQGE) |
| TB | MQGE aged spouse |
| W | Disabled Widow |
| W1 | Disabled Widower |
| W6 | Disabled Surviving Divorced Wife |
| WA | Railroad retirement |
