Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers / 246ZC0007X
Individual · specialization
246ZC0007X Surgical Assistant
246ZC0007X is the taxonomy code for Surgical Assistant, a specialization of Specialist/Technologist, Other, in the NUCC group “Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical 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 246ZC0007X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 65
Definition
A surgical assistant is a skilled practitioner who has undergone formalized education and training as a surgical assistant. The surgical assistant performs surgical functions that include, but are not limited to: retracting, manipulating, suturing, clamping, cauterizing, litigating, and tying tissue; suctioning, irrigating and sponging; positioning the patient; closure of body planes and skin; and participating in hemostasis and volume replacement. Surgical assistants are certified and registered or licensed by the state, or, in states without licensure, certified as surgical assistants by completing appropriate education and training.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 246ZC0007X sits
- Group: Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers — code 38 of 65 in the group
- Classification: Specialist/Technologist, Other 246Z00000X
- Specialization: Surgical Assistant 246ZC0007X
Choose 246ZC0007X over the general Specialist/Technologist, Other code (246Z00000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in surgical assistant; 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
246ZC0007X 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 | Specialist/Technologist, Other — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 246ZI1000X | Illustration, Medical |
| 246ZN0300X | Nephrology |
| 246ZX2200X | Orthopedic Assistant |
| 246ZS0410X | Surgical Technologist |
The nearest 4 of 14 other codes under Specialist/Technologist, Other; all are on the group page.
History of 246ZC0007X
246ZC0007X was added to the code set in 2007, and has been revised 1 time since.
- 2007-07-01 — new
- 2014-07-01 — title modified, definition modified
Similar codes in other groups
If 246ZC0007X 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:
- 2086S0102X Surgical Critical Care Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 2086X0206X Surgical Oncology Physician (Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians)
- 106E00000X Assistant Behavior Analyst (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 126800000X Dental Assistant (Dental Providers)
- 156FX1101X Ophthalmic Assistant (Eye and Vision Services Providers)
- 156FX1201X Optometric Assistant Technician (Eye and Vision Services Providers)
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Using 246ZC0007X
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.