Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers / 101200000X
Individual · classification
101200000X Drama Therapist
101200000X is the taxonomy code for Drama Therapist, in the NUCC group “Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers”. It is a code for individual providers — the kind used on a Type 1 NPI. It has no entry in the CMS Medicare taxonomy crosswalk.
- 1Taxonomy code 101200000X
- 2Level Classification
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 40
Definition
Drama therapists are trained in the intentional use of drama and theatre processes to achieve therapeutic goals. Drama therapists provide psychotherapy for individuals living with mental health and behavioral concerns that may result in psychological suffering, impaired relationships, or distress in daily activities. Drama therapy promotes wellness and healing within the context of a therapeutic relationship for individuals of varying ability levels across the lifespan. Drama therapy can take many forms depending on individual and group needs, skill and ability levels, interests, and therapeutic goals. Processes and techniques may include improvisation, theater games, storytelling, and enactment.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 101200000X sits
- Group: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers — code 12 of 40 in the group
- Classification: Drama Therapist 101200000X
Drama Therapist has no specializations, so 101200000X is the only code for it. A provider may report more than one taxonomy code on an NPI but marks one as primary.
Medicare
101200000X has no entry in the CMS Medicare Provider and Supplier Taxonomy Crosswalk. That usually means Medicare does not enroll this kind of provider under its own specialty — the provider can still hold an NPI and use this code on claims to other payers.
Related codes
No other codes share the classification Drama Therapist. The rest of Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers is on the group page.
History of 101200000X
101200000X was added to the code set in 2021.
- 2021-01-01 — new
Similar codes in other groups
If 101200000X is not quite right, these codes in other groups share a word with it — often the same field practised by a different kind of provider:
- 125K00000X Advanced Practice Dental Therapist (Dental Providers)
- 125J00000X Dental Therapist (Dental Providers)
- 163WM1400X Nurse Massage Therapist (NMT) (Nursing Service Providers)
- 221700000X Art Therapist (Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers)
- 225600000X Dance Therapist (Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers)
- 222Q00000X Developmental Therapist (Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers)
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Using 101200000X
The code goes in the taxonomy field of the NPI application in NPPES, and on claims where a payer asks for it — box 24J (shaded) or 33b on the CMS-1500 with the ZZ qualifier, or the PRV segment of an 837 electronic claim. Payers match it against the taxonomy on the NPI record and, for Medicare, against the specialty on the enrollment, so all three should agree. To see which code a provider uses, search their NPI in the lookup.
Sources: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 26.1 (CSV). Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.