Ambulatory Health Care Facilities / 261QM1101X
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261QM1101X Military and U.S. Coast Guard Ambulatory Procedure Clinic/Center
261QM1101X is the taxonomy code for Military and U.S. Coast Guard Ambulatory Procedure, a specialization of Clinic/Center, in the NUCC group “Ambulatory Health Care Facilities”. It is a code for organizations — the kind used on a Type 2 NPI. It has no entry in the CMS Medicare taxonomy crosswalk.
- 1Taxonomy code 261QM1101X
- 2Level Specialization
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 63
Definition
That part of a "fixed" (non-temporary, non-deployed) DoD or Coast Guard entity furnishing surgical procedures requiring medically supervised recovery. Similar to a civilian ambulatory surgical center. May be in shared resources with a DoD or Coast Guard Clinic or a DoD Hospital. Does not include items issued directly to a patient from an outpatient pharmacy or patient transport. Includes initial "take home" pharmaceuticals.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 261QM1101X sits
- Group: Ambulatory Health Care Facilities — code 33 of 63 in the group
- Classification: Clinic/Center 261Q00000X
- Specialization: Military and U.S. Coast Guard Ambulatory Procedure 261QM1101X
Choose 261QM1101X over the general Clinic/Center code (261Q00000X) when the provider's training or certification is specifically in military and u.s. coast guard ambulatory procedure; 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
261QM1101X 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 — organizations of this type enroll, if at all, under a facility or supplier type rather than a practitioner specialty.
Related codes
| Code | Clinic/Center — other specializations |
|---|---|
| 261QM2800X | Methadone |
| 261QM1000X | Migrant Health |
| 261QM1103X | Military Ambulatory Procedure Visits Operational (Transportable) |
| 261QM1102X | Military Outpatient Operational (Transportable) Component |
| 261QM1100X | Military/U.S. Coast Guard Outpatient |
| 261QM1300X | Multi-Specialty |
The nearest 6 of 62 other codes under Clinic/Center; all are on the group page.
History of 261QM1101X
NUCC's earliest recorded change to 261QM1101X is from 2005 (title modified, definition added).
- 2005-01-01 — title modified, definition added
Similar codes in other groups
If 261QM1101X 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:
- 163WP2201X Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
- 163WW0101X Ambulatory Women's Health Care Registered Nurse (Nursing Service Providers)
- 171000000X Military Health Care Provider (Other Service Providers)
- 1835P2201X Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (Pharmacy Service Providers)
- 286500000X Military Hospital (Hospitals)
- 2865M2000X Military General Acute Care Hospital (Hospitals)
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Using 261QM1101X
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.