---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 425.706"
title: "42"
number: "425.706"
heading: "Minimum necessary data."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/425.706"
---

# §425.706. Minimum necessary data.

- (a) ACOs must limit their identifiable data requests to the minimum necessary to accomplish a permitted use of the data. The minimum necessary Parts A and B data elements may include but are not limited to the following data elements:
  - (1) **Beneficiary ID.**
  - (2) **Procedure code.**
  - (3) **Gender.**
  - (4) **Diagnosis code.**
  - (5) **Claim ID.**
  - (6) **The from and through dates of service.**
  - (7) **The provider or supplier ID.**
  - (8) **The claim payment type.**
  - (9) **Date of birth and death, if applicable.**
  - (10) **TIN.**
  - (11) **NPI.**
- (b) The minimum necessary Part D data elements may include but are not limited to the following data elements:
  - (1) **Beneficiary ID.**
  - (2) **Prescriber ID.**
  - (3) **Drug service date.**
  - (4) **Drug product service ID.**
  - (5) **Quantity dispensed.**
  - (6) **Days supplied.**
  - (7) **Brand name.**
  - (8) **Generic name.**
  - (9) **Drug strength.**
  - (10) **TIN.**
  - (11) **NPI.**
  - (12) **Indication if on formulary.**
  - (13) **Gross drug cost.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1306, 1395hh, and 1395jjj.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 67973, Nov. 2, 2011, unless otherwise noted.