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Here is some sample content from Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information - De Identifying and Re-Identifying Protected Health Information:

	POLICY: may use protected health information to create information that is not individually identifiable health information, or disclose protected health information only to a business associate for such purpose whether or not the organization needs to use the de-identified information. shall accept information that has been de-identified as being not individually identifiable health information and to have a method to re-identify healthcare information that has been de-identified. shall remove personal identifiers from protected health information to the extent possible, while...
Second excerpt:
	...all zip codes with the same three 3 initial digits contains more than 20,000 people; and The initial three 3 digits of a zip code for all geographic units containing 20,000 or fewer people is changed to 000. All elements of dates except year: Birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death For all ages over 89, all elements of the dates including year are to be de-identified, unless the information can be classified into a single category, such as age 90 or older ...