Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 2080P0006X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 37
2080P0006X Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician
2080P0006X is the taxonomy code for Developmental - Behavioral 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 2080P0006X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 37 Physician/Pediatric Medicine
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
A developmental-behavioral specialist is a pediatrician with special training and experience who aims to foster understanding and promotion of optimal development of children and families through research, education, clinical care and advocacy efforts. This physician assists in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of developmental difficulties and problematic behaviors in children and in the family dysfunctions that compromise children's development.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2080P0006X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 146 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Pediatrics 208000000X
- Specialization: Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics 2080P0006X
Choose 2080P0006X over the general Pediatrics code (208000000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in developmental - behavioral 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 2080P0006X 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; 2080C0008X Child Abuse Pediatrics Physician; 2080H0002X Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician; 2080I0007X Pediatric Clinical & Laboratory Immunology Physician; 2080N0001X Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician; 2080P0008X Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Physician; and 15 more.
Related codes
| Code | Pediatrics — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 2080A0000X | Adolescent Medicine |
| 2080C0008X | Child Abuse Pediatrics |
| 2080I0007X | Clinical & Laboratory Immunology |
| 2080H0002X | Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
| 2080T0002X | Medical Toxicology |
| 2080N0001X | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine |
The nearest 6 of 24 other codes under Pediatrics; all are on the group page.
History of 2080P0006X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 2080P0006X is from 2007 (definition changed, source changed), and has been revised 1 time since.
- 2007-07-01 — definition changed, source changed
- 2008-03-26 — definition corrected
Similar codes in other groups
If 2080P0006X 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:
- 103TB0200X Cognitive & Behavioral Psychologist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 103TM1800X Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Psychologist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 152WP0200X Pediatric Optometrist (Eye and Vision Services Providers)
- 163WP0200X Pediatric 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 2080P0006X
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.