VIKAS M VIRKUD MD,FACC
NPI 1154499267
Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease in Fayetteville, NC

NPI Status: Active since November 30, 2006

Contact Information

7300 S RAEFORD RD
FAYETTEVILLE, NC
ZIP 28304
Phone: (910) 488-2120

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Individual
Male
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease

About VIKAS VIRKUD

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Vikas Virkud, an internist established in Fayetteville, North Carolina with a medical specialization in Internal Medicine, focusing in cardiovascular disease . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1154499267 assigned on November 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RC0000X with license number ME43254 (FL). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 7 years ago.

NPI: 1154499267
Provider Name: VIKAS M VIRKUD MD,FACC
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 7300 S RAEFORD RD FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28304
Location Phone: (910) 488-2120
Mailing Address: 7300 S RAEFORD RD FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28304
Mailing Phone: (910) 488-2120
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 11-30-2006
Last Update Date: 12-10-2018
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An internist like Vikas Virkud is a physician who has completed an internal medicine residency and is board-certified or board-eligible in an internist specialty. Internists are trained to care for adults of all ages for many different medical conditions. An internist typically monitors chronic physical conditions, identifies acute diseases, provides family planning, provides counseling about wellness and disease prevention, etc.

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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: Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
License No.: ME43254
License State: FL
Taxonomy Description: An internist who specializes in diseases of the heart and blood vessels and manages complex cardiac conditions such as heart attacks and life-threatening, abnormal heartbeat rhythms.

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 1154499267, we treat the final digit (7) 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 63. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 63 = 7).

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 → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 8

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

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 5 → 10 → 1 4 → 8 9 → 18 → 9 6 → 12 → 3

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 4 + 8 + 9 + 1 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 24 = 63

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

The next multiple of ten after 63 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 63 = 7

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 7, which matches the last digit of 1154499267.