WALTER SCOTT VOC COUNSELOR
NPI 1003964602
Counselor - Mental Health in Bronx, NY

NPI Status: Active since January 08, 2007

Contact Information

2527 GLEBE AVE
SUITE B5
BRONX, NY
ZIP 10461
Phone: (718) 904-4400
Fax: (718) 931-7307

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Individual
Male
Counselor
Mental Health

About WALTER SCOTT

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Walter Scott, a provider established in Bronx, New York with a medical specialization in Counselor, focusing in mental health . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1003964602 assigned on January 2007. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 101YM0800X. The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 19 years ago.

NPI: 1003964602
Provider Name: WALTER SCOTT VOC COUNSELOR
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 2527 GLEBE AVE SUITE B5 BRONX, NY 10461
Location Phone: (718) 904-4400
Location Fax: (718) 931-7307
Mailing Address: 2527 GLEBE AVE BRONX, NY 10461
Mailing Phone: (718) 904-4400
Mailing Fax: (718) 931-7307
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 01-08-2007
Last Update Date: 07-08-2007
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A mental health counselor like Walter Scott provides treatment to individuals, families, couples, and groups for mental and emotional health issues and relationship problems. Mental health counselors treat clients with a variety of conditions, including anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, stress, and suicidal impulses.

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification: Counselor Mental Health
Taxonomy Code: 101YM0800X
Type: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers

NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1003964602, we treat the final digit (2) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 58. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 58 = 2).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 8

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 0

Check

Target digit

Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 0 → 0 9 → 18 → 9 4 → 8 0 → 0

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 0 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 8 + 6 + 8 + 6 + 0 + 24 = 58

Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10

The next multiple of ten after 58 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.

60 - 58 = 2

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 2, which matches the last digit of 1003964602.