Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 202C00000X
Individual · classification
202C00000X Independent Medical Examiner Physician
202C00000X is the taxonomy code for Independent Medical Examiner, in the NUCC group “Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians”. 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 202C00000X
- 2Level Classification
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
A special evaluator not involved with the medical care of the individual examinee that impartially evaluates the care being provided by other practitioners to clarify clinical, disability, liability or other case issues.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 202C00000X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 40 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Independent Medical Examiner 202C00000X
Independent Medical Examiner has no specializations, so 202C00000X is the only code for it. A provider may report more than one taxonomy code on an NPI but marks one as primary.
Medicare
202C00000X 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 Independent Medical Examiner. The rest of Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians is on the group page.
History of 202C00000X
202C00000X was added to the code set in 2007.
- 2007-01-01 — new
Similar codes in other groups
If 202C00000X 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:
- 103TP0016X Prescribing (Medical) Psychologist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 111NI0013X Independent Medical Examiner Chiropractor (Chiropractic Providers)
- 146N00000X Basic Emergency Medical Technician (Emergency Medical Service Providers)
- 146M00000X Intermediate Emergency Medical Technician (Emergency Medical Service Providers)
- 146L00000X Paramedic (Emergency Medical Service Providers)
- 163WM0705X Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
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Using 202C00000X
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.