ARIZONA PULMONARY SPECIALISTS LTD
NPI 1215986468
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Scottsdale, AZ

NPI Status: Active since May 07, 2006

Contact Information

9060 E VIA LINDA STE 250
SCOTTSDALE, AZ
ZIP 85258
Phone: (480) 614-2000
Fax: (480) 614-1751

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Secondary Taxonomies
Group Taxonomy
Authorized Official
CLIA Information
NPI Validation
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Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Disease
CLIA Number: 03D1060411
CLIA Cert. Type: Physician Office
CLIA Exp. Date: 10-22-2026

About ARIZONA PULMONARY SPECIALISTS LTD

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Arizona Pulmonary Specialists Ltd, an internist established in Scottsdale, Arizona operating as a Internal Medicine, focusing in pulmonary disease . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1215986468 assigned on May 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RP1001X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated one year ago. Arizona Pulmonary Specialists Ltd operates as a Multi-Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, who practice different areas of specialization. The authorized official of this NPI record is Ms. Tiffany Blaine (Practice Administrator)

NPI: 1215986468
Provider Name: ARIZONA PULMONARY SPECIALISTS LTD
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 9060 E VIA LINDA STE 250 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85258
Location Phone: (480) 614-2000
Location Fax: (480) 614-1751
Mailing Address: 9060 E VIA LINDA STE 250 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85258
Mailing Phone: (480) 614-2000
Mailing Fax: (480) 614-1751
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 05-07-2006
Last Update Date: 03-28-2025
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An internist like Arizona Pulmonary Specialists Ltd 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 Pulmonary Disease
Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description: An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.

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
1	207RC0200X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians	Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
2	207RI0200X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians	Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
3	207RR0500X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians	Internal Medicine Rheumatology

Group Taxonomy 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP

This provider is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, who practice with different areas 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: MS. TIFFANY BLAINE
Authorized Official Title: PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR
Authorized Official Phone: (480) 614-2000

CLIA Information

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 applies to facilities or sites that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease. The CLIA Program sets standards for clinical laboratory testing and issues certificates. The NPI / CLIA crosswalk information for this NPI number is:

CLIA Number: 03D1060411
Facility Type: Physician Office
Certificate Effective Date: October 23, 2024
Certificate Expiration Date: October 22, 2026
Laboratory Director: JONATHAN RUZI
Certificate Type: Certificate of Waiver
Certificate Type Description: This CLIA certificate is issued to Arizona Pulmonary Specialists Ltd to perform only waived tests. CLIA defines waived tests as simple tests with a low risk for an incorrect result. Waived tests include certain tests listed in CLIA regulations, tests cleared by the FDA for home use and tests approved by the FDA for waived status and that meet CLIA waiver criteria.

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 1215986468, we treat the final digit (8) 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 62. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 62 = 8).

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 → 2

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

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 1 → 2 9 → 18 → 9 6 → 12 → 3 6 → 12 → 3

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 1 + 8 + 8 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 24 = 62

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

The next multiple of ten after 62 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 62 = 8

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 8, which matches the last digit of 1215986468.