Pediatrics & Child Health Specialists — NPI Directory (208000000X)

What Does Taxonomy Code 208000000X Mean?

In the HIPAA National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) classification, code 208000000X translates in plain language to:
"Board-Certified Pediatrician (Infant, Child & Adolescent Medicine)"

Primary Certifying / Accrediting Authority: American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
When Patients Should Consult: Newborn jaundice screening, routine childhood vaccinations, developmental milestones, pediatric fevers, ear infections, asthma, or acute gastroenteritis.

Common Procedures & Clinical Prescribing Profile

Typical clinical procedures (Medicare Part B Utilization) and therapeutic classes (Medicare Part D Prescribing) associated with Pediatrics & Child Health Specialists:

• Comprehensive Well-Child Developmental & Growth Visits (CPT 99381–99394)
• Childhood Immunization Administration (Rotavirus, MMR, DTaP, HPV, PCV)
• Neonatal Bilirubin & Jaundice Transcutaneous/Serum Screening
• Rapid Streptococcal, RSV & Influenza Point-of-Care Diagnostics
• Pediatric Asthma Nebulization & Spirometry Evaluation

• Amoxicillin / Amoxicillin-Clavulanate (Pediatric Otitis Media & Sinusitis)
• WHO Low-Osmolarity Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) & Zinc Sulfate
• Albuterol Sulfate Inhalers & Fluticasone Pediatric Inhalers
• Weight-Based Acetaminophen & Ibuprofen Antipyretic Suspensions