Australian Medicare Number Regex for Go

What this pattern does

This page provides a well-structured, multi-part regular expression for matching australian medicare number, ported and verified for Go. Identity and credential patterns need both correctness and safety, since they're frequent targets for adversarial input. The snippet below is ready to drop into your Go project — whether you're validating in a Gin handler, a gRPC service, or a command-line tool.

Go Implementation

// Australian Medicare Number
// ReDoS-safe | RegexVault — Identity & PII > Health Identifiers

package validation

import "regexp"

var australianMedicareNumberRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^([2-6][0-9]{9})(?:\s*([1-9]))?$`)

func ValidateAustralianMedicareNumber(s string) bool {
    return australianMedicareNumberRe.MatchString(s)
}

// Example
// fmt.Println(ValidateAustralianMedicareNumber("2123456701")) // true

Test Cases

When to use this pattern

This pattern is drawn from the Identity & PII > Health Identifiers category and carries a ReDoS-safe certification. That matters for Go developers because Go's RE2 engine is inherently safe from catastrophic backtracking, but this pattern has been additionally verified for correctness. RegexVault audits patterns against known backtracking attack vectors, ensuring you have the necessary context before using this regex in a high-stakes production environment.

Common Pitfalls

Technical Notes

Australian Medicare numbers start with 2-6 (4=concessional). 10-digit number + 1-digit IRN (Individual Reference Number, 1-6, identifies individuals on a family card). Checksum: weighted sum of first 9 digits, compare to 10th. Services Australia assigns and validates.