Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 2080P0208X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 37
2080P0208X Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician
2080P0208X is the taxonomy code for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 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 2080P0208X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 37 Physician/Pediatric Medicine
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
A pediatrician trained to care for children in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases. This specialist can apply specific knowledge to affect a better outcome for pediatric infections with complicated courses, underlying diseases that predispose to unusual or severe infections, unclear diagnoses, uncommon diseases and complex or investigational treatments.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2080P0208X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 159 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Pediatrics 208000000X
- Specialization: Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2080P0208X
Choose 2080P0208X over the general Pediatrics code (208000000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in pediatric infectious diseases; 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 2080P0208X 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; 2080P0006X Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician; and 15 more.
Related codes
| Code | Pediatrics — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 2080P0205X | Pediatric Endocrinology |
| 2080P0206X | Pediatric Gastroenterology |
| 2080P0207X | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology |
| 2080P0210X | Pediatric Nephrology |
| 2080P0214X | Pediatric Pulmonology |
| 2080P0216X | Pediatric Rheumatology |
The nearest 6 of 24 other codes under Pediatrics; all are on the group page.
History of 2080P0208X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 2080P0208X 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 2080P0208X 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)
- 1835I0206X Infectious Diseases Pharmacist (Pharmacy Service Providers)
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Using 2080P0208X
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.