Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 2080S0010X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 23
2080S0010X Pediatric Sports Medicine Physician
2080S0010X is the taxonomy code for Sports Medicine, 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 23, Physician/Sports Medicine, under which 2,658 practitioners are enrolled, and to 1 other specialty listed below.
- 1Taxonomy code 2080S0010X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 23 Physician/Sports Medicine
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
A pediatrician who is responsible for continuous care in the field of sports medicine, not only for the enhancement of health and fitness, but also for the prevention of injury and illness. A sports medicine physician must have knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the prevention of injury. Knowledge about special areas of medicine such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation, epidemiology, physical evaluation, injuries (treatment and prevention and referral practice) and the role of exercise in promoting a healthy lifestyle are essential to the practice of sports medicine. The sports medicine physician requires special education to provide the knowledge to improve the healthcare of the individual engaged in physical exercise (sports) whether as an individual or in team participation.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2080S0010X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 166 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Pediatrics 208000000X
- Specialization: Sports Medicine 2080S0010X
Choose 2080S0010X over the general Pediatrics code (208000000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in sports medicine; 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 2080S0010X to Medicare specialty 23 (Physician/Sports Medicine) and Medicare specialty 37 (Physician/Pediatric Medicine). That specialty — not the taxonomy code itself — is what Medicare enrollment records and uses for payment. 2,658 practitioners are enrolled under it nationally, and 32 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 24 more.
Related codes
| Code | Pediatrics — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 2080T0004X | Pediatric Transplant Hepatology |
| 2080P1004X | Physician Nutrition Specialist |
| 2080S0012X | Sleep Medicine |
The nearest 3 of 24 other codes under Pediatrics; all are on the group page.
History of 2080S0010X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 2080S0010X 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 2080S0010X 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:
- 103TE1100X Exercise & Sports Psychologist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 111NS0005X Sports Physician Chiropractor (Chiropractic Providers)
- 125Q00000X Oral Medicine Dentistry (Dental Providers)
- 133VN1501X Sports Dietetics Nutrition Registered Dietitian (Dietary & Nutritional Service Providers)
- 152WS0006X Sports Vision Optometrist (Eye and Vision Services Providers)
- 163WC0200X Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
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Using 2080S0010X
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.