JOSE ANTONIO BENITEZ
NPI 1316642697
Hospitalist in Edinburg, TX

NPI Status: Active since April 04, 2023

Contact Information

1102 W TRENTON RD
EDINBURG, TX
ZIP 78539
Phone: (956) 388-6000

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Secondary Taxonomies
Secondary Locations
NPI Validation
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Frequently Asked Questions

Individual
Male
Hospitalist

About JOSE BENITEZ

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Jose Benitez, a provider established in Edinburg, Texas with a medical specialization in Hospitalist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1316642697 assigned on April 2023. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 208M00000X with license number W5270 (TX). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated May 2026.

NPI: 1316642697
Provider Name: JOSE ANTONIO BENITEZ
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 1102 W TRENTON RD EDINBURG, TX 78539
Location Phone: (956) 388-6000
Mailing Address: 7703 FLOYD CURL DR SAN ANTONIO, TX 78229
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 04-04-2023
Last Update Date: 05-12-2026
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Secondary Locations

4502 Medical Dr
San Antonio, TX 78229
(210) 358-4000

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: Hospitalist
Taxonomy Code: 208M00000X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
License No.: W5270
License State: TX
Taxonomy Description: Hospitalists are physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Their activities include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to Hospital Medicine. The term 'hospitalist' refers to physicians whose practice emphasizes providing care for hospitalized patients.

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	207R00000X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians	Internal Medicine	W5270 (TX)
2	390200000X	Student, Health Care	Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program

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 1316642697, 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 → 2

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 4

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 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 1 → 2 6 → 12 → 3 2 → 4 9 → 18 → 9