Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 2081S0010X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 23
2081S0010X Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician
2081S0010X is the taxonomy code for Sports 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 23, Physician/Sports Medicine, under which 2,658 practitioners are enrolled, and to 1 other specialty listed below.
- 1Taxonomy code 2081S0010X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 23 Physician/Sports Medicine
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
A physician who specializes in Sports Medicine is responsible for continuous care related to the enhancement of health and fitness as well as the prevention of injury and illness. The specialist possesses knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the prevention of injury from many areas of medicine such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation, epidemiology, physical evaluation and injuries. It is the goal of a Sports Medicine specialist to improve the healthcare of the individual engaged in physical exercise.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2081S0010X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 175 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 208100000X
- Specialization: Sports Medicine 2081S0010X
Choose 2081S0010X over the general Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation code (208100000X) 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 2081S0010X to Medicare specialty 23 (Physician/Sports Medicine) and Medicare specialty 25 (Physician/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation). 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 15 other taxonomy codes map to the same specialty.
Other codes under the same Medicare specialty: 208100000X Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician; 2081H0002X Hospice and Palliative Medicine (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; 204C00000X Sports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician; 207PS0010X Sports Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician; and 7 more.
Related codes
| Code | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 2081P2900X | Pain Medicine |
| 2081P0010X | Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine |
| 2081P0004X | Spinal Cord Injury Medicine |
The nearest 3 of 7 other codes under Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; all are on the group page.
History of 2081S0010X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 2081S0010X is from 2009 (definition added).
- 2009-07-01 — definition added
Similar codes in other groups
If 2081S0010X 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 2081S0010X
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.