Provider Taxonomy

The Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set is a collection of unique alphanumeric codes, ten characters in length. The code set is structured into three distinct "Levels" including Provider Grouping, Classification, and Area of Specialization. The Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set allows a single provider (individual, group, or institution) to identify their specialty category. Providers may have one or more than one value associated to them. When determining what value or values to associate with a provider, the user needs to review the requirements of the trading partner with which the value(s) are being used. Effective 2001, the [The National Uniform Claim Committee, ](http://www.nucc.org)[NUCC](http://www.nucc.org) took over the administration of the Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set. Ongoing duties, including processing code requests and overall maintenance, are performed by the NUCC Code Subcommittee.