NUCC Health Provider Taxonomy Code Set and Certificates

**Overview**
This data package contain information of Taxonomy code & certificates. 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. Its allow a single provider (individual, group, or institution) to identify their specialty category.

**Description**
The National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) is presently maintaining the code set. It is used in transactions specified in HIPAA and the National Provider Identifier (NPI) application for enumeration. Effective 2001, the NUCC took over the administration of the code set. Ongoing duties, including processing taxonomy code requests and maintenance of the code set, fall under the NUCC Code Subcommittee. Taxonomy code set is an external, nonmedical data code set designed for use in an electronic environment, specifically within the ASC X12N Health Care transactions. This includes the transactions mandated under HIPAA.
The ABMS (American Board of Medical Specialties) has identified what candidates must accomplish in order to be eligible for certification. Generally, this involves:
• finishing four years of premedical education in a college or university;
• earning a medical degree (MD, DO or other credential approved by the ABMS Member Board) from a qualified medical school;
• completing three to five years of full-time experience in a residency training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME); and
• Obtaining an unrestricted medical license to practice medicine in the United States or Canada.

The ABMS (American Board of Medical Specialties) has set the professional and educational standards for medical specialty certification and practice. Candidates for certification must has to pass an exam created and administered by their specialty’s board. These exams are developed by Board Certified specialists and others who are subject experts in the specific area of medicine.

Candidates for certification must then pass an exam created and administered by their specialty’s board. Candidates for certification must then pass an exam created and administered by their specialty’s board. These exams are developed by Board Certified specialists and others who are subject experts in the specific area of medicine. Exams are developed against learning requirements which are extensively tested and refined over time. This is done to assure that the exam is a thorough, relevant, and fair assessment of a specialist’s medical knowledge, clinical judgment, and diagnostic skills. Candidates who have passed the exam and completed all other requirements are considered certified as a specialist and a diplomate of their specialty board.

**Benefits**
- Useful data package for health care provider and billing companies as it contain information of taxonomy code & certificates. its help a single provider (individual, group, or institution) to identify their specialty category.

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**Included Datasets**
- [Medicare Provider Supplier To Healthcare Provider Taxonomy](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-provider-supplier-to-healthcare-provider-taxonomy)
- This crosswalk links the types of providers and suppliers who are eligible to apply for enrollment in the Medicare program with the appropriate Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes. This crosswalk includes the Medicare Specialty Codes for those provider/supplier types who have Medicare Specialty Codes.
- [NUCC Health Provider Taxonomy Code Set](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/nucc-health-provider-taxonomy-code-set)
- This dataset shows the Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set. These code set are 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.
- [Physician Secondary Specialty](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/physician-secondary-specialty)
- This dataset provides lists of any secondary specialties associated with enrollment identification in the provider enrollment files.
- [Specialty and Subspecialty Certificates](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/specialty-and-subspecialty-certificates)
- The dataset provides chart lists the approved Specialty and Subspecialty Certificates in which ABMS (American Board of Medical Specialties) Member Boards can offer certification.

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