FORT COLLINS FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE
NPI 1184920936
Acupuncturist in Fort Collins, CO

NPI Status: Active since January 26, 2011

Contact Information

1217 RIVERSIDE AVE
FORT COLLINS, CO
ZIP 80524
Phone: (970) 214-6683
Fax: (970) 482-7802

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Acupuncturist

About FORT COLLINS FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Fort Collins Family Acupuncture, a provider established in Fort Collins, Colorado operating as a Acupuncturist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1184920936 assigned on January 2011. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 171100000X with license number 1461 (CO). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 15 years ago. The organization operates as a single speciality business group with one or more individual providers who practice the same area of specialization. The authorized official of this NPI record is Kimberley Benjamin L.ac (Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist)

NPI: 1184920936
Provider Name: FORT COLLINS FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 1217 RIVERSIDE AVE FORT COLLINS, CO 80524
Location Phone: (970) 214-6683
Location Fax: (970) 482-7802
Mailing Address: 1217 RIVERSIDE AVE FORT COLLINS, CO 80524
Mailing Phone: (970) 214-6683
Mailing Fax: (970) 482-7802
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 01-26-2011
Last Update Date: 01-26-2011
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An acupuncturist like Fort Collins Family Acupuncture specializes in diagnosing, treating, and preventing some diseases using acupuncture needles. Acupuncturists carefully insert and manipulate fine, solid needles at specific points on the skin to achieve therapeutic benefits. Modern medicine explains that acupuncture works by stimulating the nervous system, causing the body to release certain chemicals, including endorphins, in the muscles, spinal cord, and brain. These chemicals assist the body in managing and regulating pain. Other commonly used treatment methods in acupuncture include herbs or mixtures of herbs, and acupressure, which involves massaging acupuncture points instead of using needles.

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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: Acupuncturist
Taxonomy Code: 171100000X
Type: Other Service Providers
License No.: 1461
License State: CO
Taxonomy Description: An acupuncturist is a person who performs ancient therapy for alleviation of pain, anesthesia and treatment of some diseases. Acupuncturists use long, fine needles inserted into specific points in order to treat painful conditions or produce anesthesia.

Secondary Taxonomies

The provider has reported to the NPI enumerator additional taxonomy codes. Multiple taxonomy codes may represent subspecialties or other areas of specialization the provider maybe licensed to practice.

No.	Taxonomy Code	Type	Classification / Specialization	License No. (State)
1	171100000X	Other Service Providers	Acupuncturist	1619 (CO)

Group Taxonomy 193400000X MULTIPLE SINGLE SPECIALTY GROUP

This provdier is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, all of who practice with the same area of specialization.

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name: KIMBERLEY BENJAMIN L.AC
Authorized Official Title: LICENSED ACUPUNCTURIST & HERBALIST
Authorized Official Phone: (970) 472-0955

NPI Validation Check Digit Calculation

The following table explains the step by step NPI number validation process using the ISO standard Luhn algorithm.

Start with the original NPI number, the last digit is the check digit and is not used in the calculation.
1	1	8	4	9	2	0	9	3	6
Step 1: Double the value of the alternate digits, beginning with the rightmost digit.
2	1	16	4	18	2	0	9	6
Step 2: Add all the doubled and unaffected individual digits from step 1 plus the constant number 24.
2 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 4 + 1 + 8 + 2 + 0 + 9 + 6 + 24 = 64
Step 3: Subtract the total obtained in step 2 from the next higher number ending in zero, the result is the check digit.
70 - 64 = 6									6

The NPI number 1184920936 is valid because the calculated check digit 6 using the Luhn validation algorithm matches the last digit of the original NPI number.

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1217 RIVERSIDE AVE
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ZIP 80524

About FORT COLLINS FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE

Location Map

Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

Acupuncturist

Secondary Taxonomies

Acupuncturist

Group Taxonomy 193400000X MULTIPLE SINGLE SPECIALTY GROUP

Authorized Official

KIMBERLEY BENJAMIN L.AC

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