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The healthcare taxonomy group “Other service providers” includes a wide range of professionals and facilities that are not primary physicians.

Acupuncturists

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 171100000X

An acupuncturist is a person who practices ancient therapy to alleviate pain, provide anesthesia, and treat certain diseases. Acupuncturists use long, fine needles inserted into specific points to treat painful conditions or induce anesthesia.

Case Manager/Care Coordinators

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 171M00000X

A person who provides case management services and assists an individual in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and/or other services.

The person can periodically provide an assessment and review of the completed plan of care.

This person can also take collaborative action to coordinate services with other providers and monitor the enrollee’s progress toward achieving the cost-effective objectives specified in the plan of care.

Credentials may range from experience in fields such as psychology, social work, rehabilitation, nursing, or a closely related human service field to an Associate of Arts Degree to nursing credentials.

Some states may require certification in case management.

Clinical Ethicists

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 174V00000X

A clinical ethicist has been trained in bioethics and ethics case consultation.

The clinical ethicist addresses medical-ethical dilemmas arising in clinical practice, such as end-of-life care, refusal of treatment, and futility of care; assists patients and health care providers with medical decision-making; and provides ethics education for patients and families.

Community Health Workers

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 172V00000X

Community health workers (CHWs) are lay members of communities who work either for pay or as volunteers in association with the local health care system, in both urban and rural environments, and usually share ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and life experiences with the community members they serve.

They have been identified by many titles, including community health advisors, lay health advocates, outreach educators, community health representatives, peer health promoters, and peer health educators.

CHWs offer interpretation and translation services, provide culturally appropriate health education and information, assist people in accessing the care they need, provide informal counseling and guidance on health behaviors, advocate for individual and community health needs, and provide some direct services, such as first aid and blood pressure screening. 

Some examples of these practitioners include Community Health Aides or Practitioners established under 25 USC 1616(l) by HHS, the Indian Health Service, and the Public Health Service.

Contractors

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 171W00000X

For the Health Care Provider Taxonomy, a contractor is defined as an individual who performs construction or mechanical work to modify a patient’s environment to accommodate a health condition.

Contractors perform projects, including but not limited to installing wheelchair ramps, widening doorways, modifying personal vehicles, and making other improvements to patient access and movement.

This code has no relation to a provider’s employment status.

Drivers

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 172A00000X

A person employed to operate a motor vehicle as a carrier of persons or property.

Funeral Directors

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 176P00000X

A person, usually an embalmer, whose business is arranging the burial or cremation of the dead and assisting at funeral rites.

Genetic Counselors

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 170300000X

A health care provider with master’s training who collects and interprets genetic family histories; assesses the risk of disease occurrence or recurrence; identifies interventions to manage or ameliorate disease risk; educates about inheritance, testing, management, prevention, ethical issues, resources, and research; and counsels to promote informed choices and adaptation.

Certification was established in 1993 by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and, before that, by the American Board of Medical Genetics.

Requirements for experience, licensure, and job responsibilities vary by state.

Health & Wellness Coaches

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 171400000X

The Health & Wellness Coach is trained in motivational theories, strategies, and communication techniques to assist patients in developing intrinsic motivation and acquiring skills to create sustainable change for improved health and well-being.

Health and wellness coaching is a patient-centered approach wherein patients at least partially determine their goals.

They use self-discovery or active learning processes, along with content education, to work toward their goals and self-monitor behaviors, increasing accountability within the context of an interpersonal relationship with a coach.

Health Educators

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 174H00000X

Health educators work in various settings, providing education to individuals or groups on healthy behaviors, wellness, and other health-related topics to prevent disease and other health problems.

Health educators generally require a bachelor’s degree and may receive additional training through mentoring, internships, or volunteer work.

Homeopaths

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 175L00000X

A provider who is educated and trained in a system of therapeutics in which diseases are treated with drugs capable of producing, in healthy persons, symptoms like those of the disease to be treated.

Treatment requires administering a drug in minute doses.

Interpreters

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 171R00000X

An Interpreter is a person who translates oral communication between two or more people.

This includes translating from one language to another or interpreting sign language.

An interpreter is necessary for medical care when the patient does not speak the health care provider’s language or has a disability affecting spoken language.

Non-RN Lactation Consultants

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 174N00000X

An individual trained to provide breastfeeding assistance services to both mothers and infants.

Lactation Consultants are not required to be nurses and are trained through specialized education.

The Lactation Consultant may have additional certification through a national or international organization.

Legal Medicines

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 173000000X

The specialty areas of medicine concerned with matters of, and relations with, substantive law and legal institutions; such as the conduct of medical examinations at crime scenes, performance of autopsies, giving of expert medical testimony in judicial proceedings, medical treatment of inmates of penal institutions, the practice of trauma medicine in law enforcement settings, and other clinical practice and medical science applications in the fields of law, law enforcement, and corrections.

Lodging Providers

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 177F00000X

A public- or privately owned facility that provides overnight lodging to individuals traveling long distances or receiving prolonged outpatient medical services away from home.

Meals Providers

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 174200000X

A public or private facility that provides meals to individuals traveling long distances or receiving prolonged outpatient medical services away from home.

Mechanotherapists

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 172M00000X

A practitioner of mechanotherapy examines patients through verbal inquiry, manual examination of the musculoskeletal system, and visual inspection.

In the treatment of patients, mechanotherapists employ techniques such as advised or supervised exercise, electrical neuromuscular stimulation, massage or manipulation, and air, water, heat, cold, sound, or infrared ray therapy.

Midwives

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 176B00000X

A Midwife is a trained professional with specialized expertise in supporting women in maintaining a healthy pregnancy and birth, offering individualized care, education, counseling, and support to a woman and her newborn throughout the childbearing cycle.

A Midwife is a skilled and independent practitioner who has undergone formalized training.

Midwives are not required to be nurses and may be trained through multiple routes (apprenticeship, workshops, formal classes, or programs, usually a combination).

The educational and licensing background requirements vary by state.

The Midwife may or may not be certified by a state or national organization.

Lay Midwives

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 175M00000X

A person qualified by experience and limited specialized training to provide obstetric and neonatal care in the management of women having normal pregnancy, labor, and childbirth.

The lay midwife is licensed in some states.

Military Health Care Providers

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 171000000X

Active-duty military health care providers not otherwise classified who need to be identified separately for operational, clinical, or administrative processes.

Naprapaths

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 172P00000X

Naprapathy is a branch of medicine that focuses on the evaluation and treatment of neuromuscular conditions.

Doctors of naprapathy are connective tissue specialists.

Education and training are defined through individual states’ licensing/certification requirements.

Naturopaths

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 175F00000X

Diagnoses, treats, and cares for patients, using system of practice that bases treatment of physiological functions and abnormal conditions on natural laws governing human body: Utilizes physiological, psychological, and mechanical methods, such as air, water, light, heat, earth, phototherapy, food and herb therapy, psychotherapy, electrotherapy, physiotherapy, minor and orificial surgery, mechanotherapy, naturopathic corrections and manipulation, and natural methods or modalities, together with natural medicines, natural processed foods, and herbs and nature’s remedies.

Excludes major surgery, therapeutic use of X-ray and radium, and use of drugs, except assimilable substances containing elements or compounds that are components of body tissues and are physiologically compatible with body processes for the maintenance of life.

Peer Specialists

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 175T00000X

Individuals certified to perform peer support services through a training process defined by a government agency, such as the Department of Veterans Affairs or a state mental health department/certification/licensing authority.

Ph.D. Medical Genetics

Medical Genetics Healthcare Taxonomy Code 207SG0205X

Other Service Provider Healthcare Taxonomy Code 170100000X

Other Specialist/Technologist Healthcare Taxonomy Code 246ZG1000X

A medical geneticist works in association with a medical specialist, is affiliated with a clinical genetics program, and serves as a consultant to medical and dental specialists.

Ph.D. Sleep Specialists

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 173F00000X

Sleep medicine is a clinical specialty focused on problems that require accurate diagnosis and treatment.

The knowledge base of sleep medicine is derived from many disciplines, including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, respiratory physiology, pharmacology, psychology, psychiatry, neurology, general internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and pediatrics.

Prevention Professionals

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 405300000X

Prevention Professionals work in programs aimed at addressing specific patient needs, such as suicide prevention, violence prevention, alcohol avoidance, drug avoidance, and tobacco prevention.

The goal of the program is to reduce the risk of relapse, injury, or re-injury of the patient.

Prevention Professionals work in a variety of settings and provide appropriate case management, mediation, referral, and mentorship services.

Individuals complete prevention professional training for the patients they work with.

Reflexologists

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 173C00000X

Reflexologists perform a non-invasive complementary modality involving thumb and finger techniques to apply alternating pressure to the reflexes in the body’s reflex maps, located on the feet, hands, and outer ears.

Reflexologists apply pressure to specific areas (feet, hands, and ears) to elicit a response from areas far removed from the stimulated tissue via the nervous system and acupuncture meridians.

Reflexologists are recommended to complete a minimum of 200 hours of education, typically including anatomy & physiology, Reflexology theory, body systems, zones, meridians & relaxation response, ethics, business standards, and supervised practicum.

Specialists

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 174400000X

An individual educated and trained in an applied knowledge discipline used in the performance of work at a level requiring knowledge and skills beyond or apart from that provided by a general education or liberal arts degree.

Veterinarians

Healthcare Taxonomy Code 174M00000X

A doctor of veterinary medicine, trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery.

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