Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers / 2278E0002X
Individual · specialization
2278E0002X Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist
2278E0002X is the taxonomy code for Emergency Care, a specialization of 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 2278E0002X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 82
Definition
The immediate availability of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiopulmonary services in the assessment and management of trauma victims, patients requiring airway management and others requiring emergency care.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2278E0002X sits
- Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers — code 55 of 82 in the group
- Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified 227800000X
- Specialization: Emergency Care 2278E0002X
Choose 2278E0002X over the general Respiratory Therapist, Certified code (227800000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in emergency care; 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
2278E0002X 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 — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 227800000X | Certified Respiratory Therapist |
| 2278C0205X | Critical Care |
| 2278E1000X | Educational |
| 2278G1100X | General Care |
| 2278G0305X | Geriatric Care |
| 2278H0200X | Home Health |
The nearest 6 of 13 other codes under Respiratory Therapist, Certified; all are on the group page.
History of 2278E0002X
NUCC's notes record no dated changes for 2278E0002X. 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 2278E0002X 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:
- 207P00000X Emergency Medicine Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 207PE0004X Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 207PP0204X Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 2080P0204X Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 146N00000X Basic Emergency Medical Technician (Emergency Medical Service Providers)
- 146M00000X Intermediate Emergency Medical Technician (Emergency Medical Service Providers)
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Using 2278E0002X
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.