Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / 2086S0129X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 02
2086S0129X Vascular Surgery Physician
2086S0129X is the taxonomy code for Vascular Surgery, a specialization of Surgery, 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 02, Physician/General Surgery, under which 27,817 practitioners are enrolled, and to 2 other specialties listed below.
- 1Taxonomy code 2086S0129X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 02 Physician/General Surgery
- 4Codes in this group 238
Definition
A surgeon with expertise in the management of surgical disorders of the blood vessels, excluding the intracranial vessels or the heart.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2086S0129X sits
- Group: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians — code 233 of 238 in the group
- Classification: Surgery 208600000X
- Specialization: Vascular Surgery 2086S0129X
Choose 2086S0129X over the general Surgery code (208600000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in vascular surgery; 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 2086S0129X to Medicare specialty 02 (Physician/General Surgery) and Medicare specialty 76 (Physician/Peripheral Vascular Disease) and Medicare specialty 77 (Physician/Vascular Surgery). That specialty — not the taxonomy code itself — is what Medicare enrollment records and uses for payment. 27,817 practitioners are enrolled under it nationally, and 24 other taxonomy codes map to the same specialty.
Other codes under the same Medicare specialty: 204E00000X Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.); 204F00000X Transplant Surgery Physician; 207T00000X Neurological Surgery Physician; 207X00000X Orthopaedic Surgery Physician; 207XP3100X Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Physician; 207XS0106X Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician; 207XS0114X Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician; 207XS0117X Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician; and 16 more.
Related codes
| Code | Surgery — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 2086S0102X | Surgical Critical Care |
| 2086X0206X | Surgical Oncology |
| 2086S0127X | Trauma Surgery |
The nearest 3 of 9 other codes under Surgery; all are on the group page.
History of 2086S0129X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 2086S0129X 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 2086S0129X 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:
- 1223S0112X Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) (Dental Providers)
- 163WS0121X Plastic Surgery Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
- 213ES0103X Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist (Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers)
- 213ES0131X Foot Surgery Podiatrist (Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers)
- 2471V0105X Vascular Sonography Radiologic Technologist (Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers)
- 2471V0106X Vascular-Interventional Technology Radiologic Technologist (Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers)
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Using 2086S0129X
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.