Physician Nutrition Specialist (Pediatrics) Taxonomy Code: 2080P1004X

The taxonomy code for Physician Nutrition Specialist (Pediatrics) is 2080P1004X. 1 providers in the NPI registry list it as their primary specialty.

Definition

Grouping: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Pediatrics
Specialization: Physician Nutrition Specialist
Code: 2080P1004X

A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of primary nutritional diseases (e.g., undernutrition, overnutrition, and genetic or acquired errors of metabolism) and adjunctive nutritional therapeutics (e.g., nutritional therapy or support of diseases states with a metabolic component). Physician Nutrition Specialists also provide services for nutritional disease prevention, including diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, hospital malnutrition screening, and perioperative nutrition.

Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set.

Physician Nutrition Specialist (Pediatrics) providers by state

Colorado 1

Related Pediatrics taxonomy codes

Code	Specialty
`208000000X`	Pediatrics Physician
`2080A0000X`	Pediatric Adolescent Medicine Physician
`2080B0002X`	Pediatric Obesity Medicine Physician
`2080C0008X`	Child Abuse Pediatrics Physician
`2080H0002X`	Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician
`2080I0007X`	Pediatric Clinical & Laboratory Immunology Physician
`2080N0001X`	Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician
`2080P0006X`	Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician
`2080P0008X`	Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Physician
`2080P0201X`	Pediatric Allergy/Immunology Physician
`2080P0202X`	Pediatric Cardiology Physician
`2080P0203X`	Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician
`2080P0204X`	Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics) Physician
`2080P0205X`	Pediatric Endocrinology Physician
`2080P0206X`	Pediatric Gastroenterology Physician
`2080P0207X`	Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Physician
`2080P0208X`	Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician
`2080P0210X`	Pediatric Nephrology Physician
`2080P0214X`	Pediatric Pulmonology Physician
`2080P0216X`	Pediatric Rheumatology Physician
`2080S0010X`	Pediatric Sports Medicine Physician
`2080S0012X`	Pediatric Sleep Medicine Physician
`2080T0002X`	Pediatric Medical Toxicology Physician
`2080T0004X`	Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Physician

How taxonomy codes are used

Providers choose one or more taxonomy codes when they apply for an NPI, and mark one as primary. Payers use the taxonomy on claims and enrollment to match the provider type and specialty, so the code on the claim should match the taxonomy on the NPPES record.