LACY KARO MSOT
NPI 1265835540
Occupational Therapist - Feeding, Eating & Swallowing in Santa Cruz, CA

NPI Status: Active since October 01, 2014

Contact Information

303 POTRERO ST STE 42-103
SANTA CRUZ, CA
ZIP 95060
Phone: (831) 466-9307

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Frequently Asked Questions

Individual
Female
Occupational Therapist
Feeding, Eating & Swallowing

About LACY KARO

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Lacy Karo, a provider established in Santa Cruz, California with a medical specialization in Occupational Therapist, focusing in feeding, eating & swallowing . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1265835540 assigned on October 2014. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 225XF0002X. The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated one year ago.

NPI: 1265835540
Provider Name: LACY KARO MSOT
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 303 POTRERO ST STE 42-103 SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060
Location Phone: (831) 466-9307
Mailing Address: 303 POTRERO ST STE 42-103 SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 10-01-2014
Last Update Date: 12-30-2024
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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: Occupational Therapist Feeding, Eating & Swallowing
Taxonomy Code: 225XF0002X
Type: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
Taxonomy Description: Occupational therapists provide interventions to clients of all ages with feeding, eating and swallowing difficulties. Occupational therapists provide comprehensive rehabilitative, habilitative, and palliative dysphagia care, which includes collaborating with clients to provide individualized compensatory swallowing strategies, modified diet textures, adapted mealtime environments, enhanced feeding skills, preparatory exercises and positioning to clients, reinforcement of mealtime strategies to enhance and improve swallowing skills, and training to caregivers to enhance eating and feeding performance. Occupational therapists provide screening and in-depth clinical assessment which may include instrumental dysphagia assessments including videofluroscopy.

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 1265835540, we treat the final digit (0) 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 60. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 60 = 0).

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 → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 8

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 6 → 12 → 3 8 → 16 → 7 5 → 10 → 1 4 → 8

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 5 + 1 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 8 + 24 = 60

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

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

60 - 60 = 0

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 0, which matches the last digit of 1265835540.