Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers / 2251C2600X
Individual · specialization · Medicare specialty 65
2251C2600X Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist
2251C2600X is the taxonomy code for Cardiopulmonary, a specialization of Physical Therapist, in the NUCC group “Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers”. It is a code for individual providers — the kind used on a Type 1 NPI. Medicare maps it to specialty 65, Physical Therapist in Private Practice, under which 113,980 practitioners are enrolled.
- 1Taxonomy code 2251C2600X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty 65 Physical Therapist in Private Practice
- 4Codes in this group 82
Definition
A licensed physical therapist, including but not limited to an individual who is a Board Certified Specialist in Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Physical Therapy, who has demonstrated specialized knowledge and skill in cardiovascular and pulmonary anatomy and physiology medicine, rehabilitation, critical care, and emergency and trauma.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2251C2600X sits
- Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers — code 32 of 82 in the group
- Classification: Physical Therapist 225100000X
- Specialization: Cardiopulmonary 2251C2600X
Choose 2251C2600X over the general Physical Therapist code (225100000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in cardiopulmonary; 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 2251C2600X to Medicare specialty 65 (Physical Therapist in Private Practice). That specialty — not the taxonomy code itself — is what Medicare enrollment records and uses for payment. 113,980 practitioners are enrolled under it nationally, and 10 other taxonomy codes map to the same specialty.
Other codes under the same Medicare specialty: 225100000X Physical Therapist; 2251E1200X Ergonomics Physical Therapist; 2251E1300X Clinical Electrophysiology Physical Therapist; 2251G0304X Geriatric Physical Therapist; 2251H1200X Hand Physical Therapist; 2251H1300X Human Factors Physical Therapist; 2251N0400X Neurology Physical Therapist; 2251P0200X Pediatric Physical Therapist; and 2 more.
Related codes
| Code | Physical Therapist — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 225100000X | Physical Therapist |
| 2251E1300X | Electrophysiology, Clinical |
| 2251E1200X | Ergonomics |
| 2251G0304X | Geriatrics |
The nearest 4 of 10 other codes under Physical Therapist; all are on the group page.
History of 2251C2600X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 2251C2600X is from 2020 (definition added).
- 2020-01-01 — definition added
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Using 2251C2600X
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.