Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 2080C0008X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 37
2080C0008X Child Abuse Pediatrics Physician
2080C0008X is the taxonomy code for Child Abuse Pediatrics, a specialization of Pediatrics, 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 37, Physician/Pediatric Medicine, under which 56,331 practitioners are enrolled.
- 1Taxonomy code 2080C0008X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 37 Physician/Pediatric Medicine
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
A Child Abuse Pediatrician serves as a resource to children, families and communities by accurately diagnosing abuse; consulting with community agencies on child safety; providing expertise in courts of law; treating consequences of abuse and neglect; directing child abuse and neglect prevention programs and participating on multidisciplinary teams investigating; and managing child abuse cases.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2080C0008X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 144 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Pediatrics 208000000X
- Specialization: Child Abuse Pediatrics 2080C0008X
Choose 2080C0008X over the general Pediatrics code (208000000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in child abuse pediatrics; 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 2080C0008X to Medicare specialty 37 (Physician/Pediatric Medicine). That specialty — not the taxonomy code itself — is what Medicare enrollment records and uses for payment. 56,331 practitioners are enrolled under it nationally, and 23 other taxonomy codes map to the same specialty.
Other codes under the same Medicare specialty: 208000000X Pediatrics Physician; 2080A0000X Pediatric Adolescent Medicine Physician; 2080B0002X Pediatric Obesity Medicine Physician; 2080H0002X Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician; 2080I0007X Pediatric Clinical & Laboratory Immunology Physician; 2080N0001X Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician; 2080P0006X Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician; 2080P0008X Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Physician; and 15 more.
Related codes
| Code | Pediatrics — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 208000000X | Pediatrics Physician |
| 2080A0000X | Adolescent Medicine |
| 2080I0007X | Clinical & Laboratory Immunology |
| 2080P0006X | Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics |
| 2080H0002X | Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
The nearest 5 of 24 other codes under Pediatrics; all are on the group page.
History of 2080C0008X
2080C0008X was added to the code set in 2009.
- 2009-07-01 — new
Similar codes in other groups
If 2080C0008X 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:
- 103TC2200X Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 152WP0200X Pediatric Optometrist (Eye and Vision Services Providers)
- 163WP0200X Pediatric Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
- 163WP0807X Child & Adolescent Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
- 1835P0200X Pediatric Pharmacist (Pharmacy Service Providers)
- 364SX0204X Pediatric Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist (Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers)
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Using 2080C0008X
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.