Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 207ZF0201X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 22
207ZF0201X Forensic Pathology Physician
207ZF0201X is the taxonomy code for Forensic Pathology, a specialization of Pathology, 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 22, Physician/Pathology, under which 14,667 practitioners are enrolled.
- 1Taxonomy code 207ZF0201X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 22 Physician/Pathology
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
A forensic pathologist is expert in investigating and evaluating cases of sudden, unexpected, suspicious and violent death as well as other specific classes of death defined by law. The forensic pathologist serves the public as coroner or medical examiner, or by performing medicolegal autopsies for such officials.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 207ZF0201X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 135 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Pathology
- Specialization: Forensic Pathology 207ZF0201X
Choose 207ZF0201X over the general Pathology code when the provider's training or certification is specifically in forensic pathology; 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 207ZF0201X to Medicare specialty 22 (Physician/Pathology). That specialty — not the taxonomy code itself — is what Medicare enrollment records and uses for payment. 14,667 practitioners are enrolled under it nationally, and 15 other taxonomy codes map to the same specialty.
Other codes under the same Medicare specialty: 207ZB0001X Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician; 207ZC0006X Clinical Pathology Physician; 207ZC0008X Clinical Informatics (Pathology) Physician; 207ZC0500X Cytopathology Physician; 207ZD0900X Dermatopathology (Pathology) Physician; 207ZH0000X Hematology (Pathology) Physician; 207ZI0100X Immunopathology Physician; 207ZM0300X Medical Microbiology Physician; and 7 more.
Related codes
| Code | Pathology — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 207ZP0105X | Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine |
| 207ZC0500X | Cytopathology |
| 207ZD0900X | Dermatopathology |
| 207ZH0000X | Hematology |
| 207ZI0100X | Immunopathology |
| 207ZM0300X | Medical Microbiology |
The nearest 6 of 15 other codes under Pathology; all are on the group page.
History of 207ZF0201X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 207ZF0201X 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
Similar codes in other groups
If 207ZF0201X 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:
- 103TF0200X Forensic Psychologist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 1223P0106X Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Dentistry (Dental Providers)
- 246Q00000X Pathology Specialist/Technologist (Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers)
- 246R00000X Pathology Technician (Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers)
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Using 207ZF0201X
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.