Eye and Vision Services Providers / 152WS0006X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 41
152WS0006X Sports Vision Optometrist
152WS0006X is the taxonomy code for Sports Vision, a specialization of Optometrist, in the NUCC group “Eye and Vision Services Providers”. It is a code for individual providers — the kind used on a Type 1 NPI. Medicare maps it to specialty 41, Optometry, under which 46,119 practitioners are enrolled.
- 1Taxonomy code 152WS0006X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 41 Optometry
- 4Codes in this group 17
Definition
An optometrist who offers services designed to care for unique vision care needs of athletes, which may include one of more of the following services: corrective vision care unique to a specific sporting environment; protective eyewear for the prevention of sports-related injuries; vision enhancement - which may include vision therapy and techniques to improve visual skills specific to the athlete's sport.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 152WS0006X sits
- Group: Eye and Vision Services Providers — code 6 of 17 in the group
- Classification: Optometrist 152W00000X
- Specialization: Sports Vision 152WS0006X
Choose 152WS0006X over the general Optometrist code (152W00000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in sports vision; 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
CMS's taxonomy crosswalk links 152WS0006X to Medicare specialty 41 (Optometry). That specialty — not the taxonomy code itself — is what Medicare enrollment records and uses for payment. 46,119 practitioners are enrolled under it nationally, and 6 other taxonomy codes map to the same specialty.
Other codes under the same Medicare specialty: 152W00000X Optometrist; 152WC0802X Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist; 152WL0500X Low Vision Rehabilitation Optometrist; 152WP0200X Pediatric Optometrist; 152WV0400X Vision Therapy Optometrist; 152WX0102X Occupational Vision Optometrist.
Related codes
| Code | Optometrist — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 152WL0500X | Low Vision Rehabilitation |
| 152WX0102X | Occupational Vision |
| 152WP0200X | Pediatrics |
| 152WV0400X | Vision Therapy |
The nearest 4 of 6 other codes under Optometrist; all are on the group page.
History of 152WS0006X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 152WS0006X is from 2009 (added definition, added source).
- 2009-01-01 — added definition, added source
Similar codes in other groups
If 152WS0006X 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:
- 207PS0010X Sports Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 207QS0010X Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 207RS0010X Sports Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 204C00000X Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 207XX0005X Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 2080S0010X Pediatric Sports Medicine Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
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Using 152WS0006X
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); CMS Medicare Provider and Supplier Taxonomy Crosswalk, August 2026; CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment, extract of 2026-09-29. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.