Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers / 2279G0305X
Individual · specialization
2279G0305X Geriatric Care Registered Respiratory Therapist
2279G0305X is the taxonomy code for Geriatric Care, a specialization of Respiratory Therapist, Registered, 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 2279G0305X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 82
Definition
Care of older patients who have age and/or disease related decremental pulmonary changes. Diagnosis and treatment is very important for this group since chronic lung disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality among them. Furthermore, as this segment of the population increases, life expectancy is being extended.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2279G0305X sits
- Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers — code 71 of 82 in the group
- Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered 227900000X
- Specialization: Geriatric Care 2279G0305X
Choose 2279G0305X over the general Respiratory Therapist, Registered code (227900000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in geriatric 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
2279G0305X 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, Registered — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 2279E1000X | Educational |
| 2279E0002X | Emergency Care |
| 2279G1100X | General Care |
| 2279H0200X | Home Health |
| 2279P3900X | Neonatal/Pediatrics |
| 2279P3800X | Palliative/Hospice |
The nearest 6 of 13 other codes under Respiratory Therapist, Registered; all are on the group page.
History of 2279G0305X
NUCC's notes record no dated changes for 2279G0305X. 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 2279G0305X 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:
- 207QG0300X Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 207RG0300X Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 2084P0805X Geriatric Psychiatry Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 1835G0303X Geriatric Pharmacist (Pharmacy Service Providers)
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Using 2279G0305X
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.