Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers / 2278E1000X
Individual · specialization
2278E1000X Educational Certified Respiratory Therapist
2278E1000X is the taxonomy code for Educational, 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 2278E1000X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 82
Definition
The focus of patient and family education activities is to promote knowledge of disease process, medical therapy, and self help. Respiratory therapists are uniquely qualified to provide this service in regard to cardiopulmonary diseases and injury.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2278E1000X sits
- Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers — code 54 of 82 in the group
- Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Certified 227800000X
- Specialization: Educational 2278E1000X
Choose 2278E1000X over the general Respiratory Therapist, Certified code (227800000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in educational; 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
2278E1000X 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 |
| 2278E0002X | Emergency Care |
| 2278G1100X | General Care |
| 2278G0305X | Geriatric Care |
The nearest 5 of 13 other codes under Respiratory Therapist, Certified; all are on the group page.
History of 2278E1000X
NUCC's notes record no dated changes for 2278E1000X. 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 2278E1000X 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:
- 103TE1000X Psychologist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
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Using 2278E1000X
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.