Other Service Providers / 1710I1002X
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1710I1002X Independent Duty Corpsman
1710I1002X is the taxonomy code for Independent Duty Corpsman, a specialization of Military Health Care Provider, in the NUCC group “Other 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 1710I1002X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 38
Definition
A Navy Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) is an active duty Sailor who has successfully completed one of the Navy's specific IDC training programs. IDCs are formally trained and educated to perform primary medical care and minor surgical services in a variety of health care and non-health care settings worldwide under indirect physician supervision. IDCs provide care to Department of Defense operational forces and other supporting forces such as contractors and foreign nationals.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 1710I1002X sits
- Group: Other Service Providers — code 21 of 38 in the group
- Classification: Military Health Care Provider 171000000X
- Specialization: Independent Duty Corpsman 1710I1002X
Choose 1710I1002X over the general Military Health Care Provider code (171000000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in independent duty corpsman; 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
1710I1002X 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 | Military Health Care Provider — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 171000000X | Military Health Care Provider |
| 1710I1003X | Independent Duty Medical Technicians |
History of 1710I1002X
1710I1002X was added to the code set in 2005.
- 2005-07-01 — new
Similar codes in other groups
If 1710I1002X 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:
- 202C00000X Independent Medical Examiner Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 111NI0013X Independent Medical Examiner Chiropractor (Chiropractic Providers)
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Using 1710I1002X
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.