The Letter that follows your Medicare number found on your red, white, and blue Medicare card identifies the social security benefits you are entitled to. The letter is set by Social Security Administration and it is called a Social Security beneficiary code.

What is a BIC code for Medicare?

Beneficiary Identification Codes
What are Beneficiary Identification Codes (BIC)? BICs indicate the type of benefits a Social Security claimant receives and are used as Medicare claim numbers. These codes are not assigned to a claim number until the claimant applies for Social Security benefits.

What does the new Medicare number look like?

How will the MBI look on the new card? The MBI’s 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 9th characters will always be a letter. Characters 1, 4, 7, 10, and 11 will always be a number. The 3rd and 6th characters will be a letter or a number.

What does a Social Security claim number look like?

If you are an SSI beneficiary, your claim number is your nine-digit Social Security Number (SSN) (000-00-0000) followed by two letters such as EI, DI, DS, DC. If you are a Social Security beneficiary, your claim number is the nine-digit SSN followed by one or more letters such as A, B, C, HA.

What is beneficiary code in bank?

The person to whom the payment is to be made needs to be added as a ‘beneficiary’ and his bank account details provided in order to transfer the funds. These include the name of the beneficiary account holder, account number, bank and branch name, and the IFSC code of the beneficiary bank branch.

What does the D stand for on a Medicare card?

Other Medicare suffixes in the “D” category include: Regardless of which “D” code may apply to you, the primary claimant’s Social Security Number, and not your own, will constitute the first nine digits of your Medicare number. “E” alone indicates you are the widowed mother of a primary claimant.

What do the letters on a Medicare card mean?

Medicare Suffixes Here’s what the letters behind the Medicare number mean: *A = retired worker. B = wife of retired worker. B1 = husband of retired worker. B6 = divorced wife. B9 = divorced second wife.

What do the letters B6 and B9 stand for?

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

What do the letters after B1 stand for in Medicare?

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