HAS 104F Air Force Medical Records Management Practice Exam

Temporary Identification Numbers are issued by DEERS. DEERS (Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System) handles beneficiary eligibility and assigns IDs for DoD medical care. When a patient lacks a DoD ID, staff generate a temporary ID in DEERS so the person can be linked to their medical records and receive care while the permanent DoD ID is being processed. CHCS uses the ID to locate the patient’s record, SSA deals with Social Security numbers (not temporary IDs), and DoD is the department, not the issuer of this temporary identifier.