Dental Providers / 1223X2210X
Individual · specialization
1223X2210X Orofacial Pain Dentistry
1223X2210X is the taxonomy code for Orofacial Pain, a specialization of Dentist, in the NUCC group “Dental 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 1223X2210X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 20
Definition
A dentist who assesses, diagnoses, and treats patients with complex chronic orofacial pain and dysfunction disorders, oromotor and jaw behavior disorders, and chronic head/neck pain. The dentist has successfully completed an accredited postdoctoral orofacial pain residency training program for dentists of two or more years duration, in accord with the Commission on Dental Accreditation's Standards for Orofacial Pain Residency Programs, and/or meets the requirements for examination and board certification by the American Board of Orofacial Pain.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 1223X2210X sits
- Group: Dental Providers — code 15 of 20 in the group
- Classification: Dentist 122300000X
- Specialization: Orofacial Pain 1223X2210X
Choose 1223X2210X over the general Dentist code (122300000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in orofacial pain; the general code covers the classification as a whole. A provider may report more than one taxonomy code on an NPI but marks one as primary.
Medicare
1223X2210X 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
| Code | Dentist — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 1223X0008X | Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology |
| 1223S0112X | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |
| 125Q00000X | Oral Medicine |
| 1223X0400X | Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics |
| 1223P0221X | Pediatric Dentistry |
| 1223P0300X | Periodontics |
The nearest 6 of 13 other codes under Dentist; all are on the group page.
History of 1223X2210X
1223X2210X was added to the code set in 2019.
- 2019-07-01 — new
Similar codes in other groups
If 1223X2210X 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:
- 207LP2900X Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 208VP0014X Interventional Pain Medicine Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 208VP0000X Pain Medicine Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 2081P2900X Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 2084P2900X Pain Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 163WP0000X Pain Management Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
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Using 1223X2210X
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.