Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers / 227800000X
Individual · classification
227800000X Certified Respiratory Therapist
227800000X is the taxonomy code for Respiratory Therapist, Certified, 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. It has no entry in the CMS Medicare taxonomy crosswalk.
- 1Taxonomy code 227800000X
- 2Level Classification
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 82
Definition
A Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) is a an entry level therapist who has passed a standardized written examination administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). CRTs provide diagnostic testing, therapeutics, monitoring, rehabilitation, and education to patients with disorders of the cardiopulmonary system. They provide these respiratory care services in all health care facilities and in the home. A CRT is a graduate of an associate degree program approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs (CAAHEP) and where applicable, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of the license.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 227800000X sits
- Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers — code 52 of 82 in the group
- Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified 227800000X
This is the general code for Respiratory Therapist, Certified. 13 more specific codes sit beneath it; pick one of those when the provider's training or certification matches it, and this one otherwise. A provider may report more than one taxonomy code on an NPI but marks one as primary.
Medicare
227800000X has no entry in the CMS Medicare Provider and Supplier Taxonomy Crosswalk. That usually means Medicare does not enroll this kind of provider under its own specialty — the provider can still hold an NPI and use this code on claims to other payers.
Related codes
| Code | Respiratory Therapist, Certified — specializations |
|---|---|
| 2278C0205X | Critical Care |
| 2278E1000X | Educational |
| 2278E0002X | Emergency Care |
| 2278G1100X | General Care |
| 2278G0305X | Geriatric Care |
| 2278H0200X | Home Health |
| 2278P3900X | Neonatal/Pediatrics |
| 2278P3800X | Palliative/Hospice |
| 2278P4000X | Patient Transport |
| 2278P1004X | Pulmonary Diagnostics |
| 2278P1006X | Pulmonary Function Technologist |
| 2278P1005X | Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
| 2278S1500X | SNF/Subacute Care |
History of 227800000X
NUCC's notes record no dated changes for 227800000X. The code set is republished every January and July, when codes are added, retitled or marked inactive; this page reflects version 26.1, so check the NUCC site if you are reading it after the next release.
Similar codes in other groups
If 227800000X 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:
- 101200000X Drama Therapist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 106H00000X Marriage & Family Therapist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 102X00000X Poetry Therapist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 125K00000X Advanced Practice Dental Therapist (Dental Providers)
- 125J00000X Dental Therapist (Dental Providers)
- 163WM1400X Nurse Massage Therapist (NMT) (Nursing Service Providers)
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Using 227800000X
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). Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.