Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers / 2279S1500X
Individual · specialization
2279S1500X SNF/Subacute Care Registered Respiratory Therapist
2279S1500X is the taxonomy code for SNF/Subacute 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 2279S1500X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 82
Definition
Care of residents in a long-term care environment. Respiratory modalities delivered include those similar in the general care and critical care areas but provided to less critical patients.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 2279S1500X sits
- Group: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers — code 79 of 82 in the group
- Classification: Respiratory Therapist, Registered 227900000X
- Specialization: SNF/Subacute Care 2279S1500X
Choose 2279S1500X over the general Respiratory Therapist, Registered code (227900000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in snf/subacute 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
2279S1500X 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 |
|---|---|
| 2279P1004X | Pulmonary Diagnostics |
| 2279P1006X | Pulmonary Function Technologist |
| 2279P1005X | Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
The nearest 3 of 13 other codes under Respiratory Therapist, Registered; all are on the group page.
History of 2279S1500X
NUCC's notes record no dated changes for 2279S1500X. 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.
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Using 2279S1500X
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.