Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 207YP0228X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 04
207YP0228X Pediatric Otolaryngology Physician
207YP0228X is the taxonomy code for Pediatric Otolaryngology, a specialization of 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 207YP0228X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 04 Physician/Otolaryngology
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
A pediatric otolaryngologist has special expertise in the management of infants and children with disorders that include congenital and acquired conditions involving the aerodigestive tract, nose and paranasal sinuses, the ear and other areas of the head and neck. The pediatric otolaryngologist has special skills in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of childhood disorders of voice, speech, language and hearing.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 207YP0228X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 121 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Otolaryngology 207Y00000X
- Specialization: Pediatric Otolaryngology 207YP0228X
Choose 207YP0228X over the general Otolaryngology code (207Y00000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in pediatric otolaryngology; 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 207YP0228X 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: 207Y00000X 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 — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 207YX0602X | Otolaryngic Allergy |
| 207YX0905X | Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery |
| 207YX0901X | Otology & Neurotology |
| 207YX0007X | Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck |
| 207YS0012X | Sleep Medicine |
The nearest 5 of 7 other codes under Otolaryngology; all are on the group page.
History of 207YP0228X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 207YP0228X is from 2007 (definition added, source added).
- 2007-07-01 — definition added, source added
Similar codes in other groups
If 207YP0228X 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:
- 111NP0017X Pediatric Chiropractor (Chiropractic Providers)
- 1223P0221X Pediatric Dentistry (Dental Providers)
- 133VN1004X Pediatric Nutrition Registered Dietitian (Dietary & Nutritional Service Providers)
- 133VN1401X Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition Registered Dietitian (Dietary & Nutritional Service Providers)
- 163WP0218X Pediatric Oncology Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
- 3140N1450X Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility (Nursing & Custodial Care Facilities)
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Using 207YP0228X
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.