Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 207Y00000X
Individual · classification · Medicare specialty 04
207Y00000X Otolaryngology Physician
207Y00000X is the taxonomy code for Otolaryngology, in the NUCC group “Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians”. It is a code for individual providers — the kind used on a Type 1 NPI. Medicare maps it to specialty 04, Physician/Otolaryngology, under which 11,444 practitioners are enrolled.
- 1Taxonomy code 207Y00000X
- 2Level Classification
- 3Medicare specialty 04 Physician/Otolaryngology
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
An otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon provides comprehensive medical and surgical care for patients with diseases and disorders that affect the ears, nose, throat, the respiratory and upper alimentary systems and related structures of the head and neck. An otolaryngologist diagnoses and provides medical and/or surgical therapy or prevention of diseases, allergies, neoplasms, deformities, disorders and/or injuries of the ears, nose, sinuses, throat, respiratory and upper alimentary systems, face, jaws and the other head and neck systems. Head and neck oncology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and the treatment of disorders of hearing and voice are fundamental areas of expertise.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 207Y00000X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 116 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Otolaryngology 207Y00000X
This is the general code for Otolaryngology. 7 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
CMS's taxonomy crosswalk links 207Y00000X to Medicare specialty 04 (Physician/Otolaryngology). That specialty — not the taxonomy code itself — is what Medicare enrollment records and uses for payment. 11,444 practitioners are enrolled under it nationally, and 7 other taxonomy codes map to the same specialty.
Other codes under the same Medicare specialty: 207YP0228X Pediatric Otolaryngology Physician; 207YS0012X Sleep Medicine (Otolaryngology) Physician; 207YS0123X Facial Plastic Surgery Physician; 207YX0007X Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck (Otolaryngology) Physician; 207YX0602X Otolaryngic Allergy Physician; 207YX0901X Otology & Neurotology Physician; 207YX0905X Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery Physician.
Related codes
| Code | Otolaryngology — specializations |
|---|---|
| 207YS0123X | Facial Plastic Surgery |
| 207YX0602X | Otolaryngic Allergy |
| 207YX0905X | Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery |
| 207YX0901X | Otology & Neurotology |
| 207YP0228X | Pediatric Otolaryngology |
| 207YX0007X | Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck |
| 207YS0012X | Sleep Medicine |
History of 207Y00000X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 207Y00000X is from 2007 (definition added, source added), and has been revised 1 time since.
- 2007-07-01 — definition added, source added
- 2011-07-01 — modified source
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Using 207Y00000X
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.