156F00000X Technician/Technologist

Definition

A broad category grouping different kinds of technologists and technicians. See individual definitions.

— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1

Where 156F00000X sits

• Group: Eye and Vision Services Providers — code 8 of 17 in the group
• Classification: Technician/Technologist 156F00000X

This is the general code for Technician/Technologist. 9 more specific codes sit beneath it; pick one of those when the provider's training or certification matches it, and this one otherwise. A provider may report more than one taxonomy code on an NPI but marks one as primary.

Medicare

156F00000X 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

History of 156F00000X

NUCC's notes record no dated changes for 156F00000X. The code set is republished every January and July, when codes are added, retitled or marked inactive; this page reflects version 26.1, so check the NUCC site if you are reading it after the next release.

Using 156F00000X

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.