Provider numbers for health professionals in Medicare and the Provider Directory System (PDS) 012-42010010
Provider types and associated categories in the PDS
Table 1: this table lists the provider types and associated categories in the PDS.
Provider type |
Includes |
Medical practitioners |
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Public Hospitals |
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Private Hospitals |
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Status of registration
Table 2: this table shows health professionals selected according to their registration status.
Ahpra registration status |
PDS mapped status |
Comments |
General |
Current |
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Specialist |
Current |
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Provisional (no conditions) |
Intern |
Internship |
Provisional (conditions) |
Provisional |
Supervised practice |
Limited |
Limited |
Area of need, postgraduate training, teaching, public interest etc. |
Non-Practicing |
Non-Practicing |
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Suspended |
Suspended |
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Cancelled |
Cancelled |
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Not-Registered |
Not-Registered |
HPOS messaging for Provider Registration applications
Table 3: this table lists the application types in scope for use with HPOS messaging.
Application types in scope for use with HPOS messaging |
Application for a Medicare provider number and, or prescriber number for allied health and non-medical health professionals form (HW093) |
Application for a Medicare provider number and/or PBS prescriber number for a midwife or nurse practitioner form (HW088) |
Application for a Medicare provider number and/or prescriber number for a medical practitioner form (HW019) (Including 19AB applications) |
Application for recognition as a specialist or consultant physician form (HW077) |
Application for all 3GA placements/ Other Medical Practitioners Extension Program (OMPEP) (Including 19AB applications) |
Application for remote area exemption for R-type diagnostic imaging services for a medical practitioner form (HW065) |
Notification of removal/reinstate non Ahpra registration |
Recognition as a General Practitioner for 19AB medical practitioners |
Table 4: this table lists the letters in scope for use with HPOS messaging
Letter code |
Letter title |
Z2551 |
Allied Health provider number letter |
Z2599 |
Non-medical health professionals provider number letter |
Z2710 |
Allied Health - non AHPRA remove reinstate registration |
Z2783 |
Dental Specialist - Recognition of Specialty |
Z2831 |
Representative public dental practitioner letter |
Z2305 |
Provider Registration - Reject |
Z2306 |
Provider Registration - we need more information |
Z2474 |
Your provider number has been closed |
Z2557 |
Allied Health & GPS Registering Additional Psychological Qualifications |
Z2688 |
Provider number missing business registration/bank details |
Z2193 |
PBS prescriber number |
Z2264 |
Recognition as a specialist and consultant physician is approved |
Z2266 |
Your application for recognition as a specialist and consultant physician is not approved |
Z2268 |
Revoking your specialist/consultant physician status |
Z2269 |
Confirming your specialist/consultant physician status |
Z2270 |
Your application for recognition as a specialist/consultant physician cannot be processed |
Z2528 |
Your placement has been approved/registered |
Z2535 |
Your placement has been extended |
Z2536 |
Removal from the Register of Approved Placements/OMP's program |
Z2569 |
Recognition as a General Practitioner/dual recognition |
Z2701 |
Medical practitioner’s provider number letter |
Z2716 |
19AB Exemption declined letter |
Z2754 |
Approval and removal of additional accreditation/program item access |
Z2772 |
Nuclear Medicine/Positron Emission Tomography credentialling |
Z2908 |
General Practitioner Respiratory Clinic (GPRC) Medicare provider number approved |
OMPEP |
Other Medical Practitioners Extension Program (OMPEP) Approval Letter (for Program Officer use only) |
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Health Professional Online Services (HPOS)
Provider and prescriber numbers
Health Professional Education Resources - Provider Eligibility
External website
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra)
Health Workforce Locator Department of Health and Aged Care
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Provider number history (archived)