Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers / 2279P1005X
Individual · specialization
2279P1005X Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registered Respiratory Therapist
2279P1005X is the taxonomy code for Pulmonary Rehabilitation, 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 2279P1005X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 82
Definition
The respiratory therapist can assist the chronic pulmonary patient in returning to an optimal role in society by providing an effective program. It includes bronchopulmonary drainage, exercise therapy, and patient education.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2279P1005X sits
- Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers — code 78 of 82 in the group
- Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered 227900000X
- Specialization: Pulmonary Rehabilitation 2279P1005X
Choose 2279P1005X over the general Respiratory Therapist, Registered code (227900000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in pulmonary rehabilitation; 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
2279P1005X 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 |
|---|---|
| 2279P4000X | Patient Transport |
| 2279P1004X | Pulmonary Diagnostics |
| 2279P1006X | Pulmonary Function Technologist |
| 2279S1500X | SNF/Subacute Care |
The nearest 4 of 13 other codes under Respiratory Therapist, Registered; all are on the group page.
History of 2279P1005X
NUCC's notes record no dated changes for 2279P1005X. 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 2279P1005X 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:
- 207RP1001X Pulmonary Disease Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 208100000X Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 2081P0010X Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 103TR0400X Rehabilitation Psychologist (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 111NR0400X Rehabilitation Chiropractor (Chiropractic Providers)
- 152WL0500X Low Vision Rehabilitation Optometrist (Eye and Vision Services Providers)
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Using 2279P1005X
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.