Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 2081H0002X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 25
2081H0002X Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician
2081H0002X is the taxonomy code for Hospice and Palliative Medicine, a specialization of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 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 25, Physician/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, under which 10,933 practitioners are enrolled.
- 1Taxonomy code 2081H0002X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 25 Physician/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
A physical medicine and rehabilitation physician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family. This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2081H0002X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 170 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 208100000X
- Specialization: Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2081H0002X
Choose 2081H0002X over the general Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation code (208100000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in hospice and palliative 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 2081H0002X to Medicare specialty 25 (Physician/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation). That specialty — not the taxonomy code itself — is what Medicare enrollment records and uses for payment. 10,933 practitioners are enrolled under it nationally, and 6 other taxonomy codes map to the same specialty.
Other codes under the same Medicare specialty: 208100000X Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician; 2081N0008X Neuromuscular Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician; 2081P0004X Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Physician; 2081P0010X Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Physician; 2081P2900X Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician; 2081S0010X Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician.
Related codes
| Code | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 208100000X | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician |
| 2081P0301X | Brain Injury Medicine |
| 2081N0008X | Neuromuscular Medicine |
| 2081P2900X | Pain Medicine |
| 2081P0010X | Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine |
The nearest 5 of 7 other codes under Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; all are on the group page.
History of 2081H0002X
2081H0002X was added to the code set in 2007.
- 2007-01-01 — new
Similar codes in other groups
If 2081H0002X 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:
- 125Q00000X Oral Medicine Dentistry (Dental Providers)
- 163WC0200X Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
- 163WH1000X Hospice Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
- 173000000X Legal Medicine (Other Service Providers)
- 1835E0208X Emergency Medicine Pharmacist (Pharmacy Service Providers)
- 364SC0200X Critical Care Medicine Clinical Nurse Specialist (Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers)
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Using 2081H0002X
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.