IAN ADAMS
NPI 1356201255
Counselor - Mental Health in West Des Moines, IA

NPI Status: Active since November 13, 2025

Contact Information

3737 WOODLAND AVE STE 430
WEST DES MOINES, IA
ZIP 50266
Phone: (515) 710-9568

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About IAN ADAMS

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Ian Adams, a provider established in West Des Moines, Iowa operating as a Counselor, focusing in mental health . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1356201255 assigned on November 2025. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 101YM0800X with license number 118901 (IA). The provider is registered as an individual and their NPI record was last updated one year ago. The organization operates as a Single Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, all of who practice with the same area of specialization.

NPI: 1356201255
Provider Name: IAN ADAMS
Gender
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 3737 WOODLAND AVE STE 430 WEST DES MOINES, IA 50266
Location Phone: (515) 710-9568
Mailing Address: 3737 WOODLAND AVE STE 430 WEST DES MOINES, IA 50266
Is Sole Proprietor?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 11-13-2025
Last Update Date: 11-13-2025
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A mental health counselor like Ian Adams provides treatment to individuals, families, couples, and groups for mental and emotional health issues and relationship problems. Mental health counselors treat clients with a variety of conditions, including anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, stress, and suicidal impulses.

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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: Counselor Mental Health
Taxonomy Code: 101YM0800X
Type: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
License No.: 118901
License State: IA

Group Taxonomy 193400000X 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.

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 1356201255, we treat the final digit (5) 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 45. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (50 - 45 = 5).

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 → 4

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 2

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

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 2 → 4 1 → 2 5 → 10 → 1

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 6 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 0 + 24 = 45

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

The next multiple of ten after 45 is 50. The difference is the calculated check digit.

50 - 45 = 5

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 5, which matches the last digit of 1356201255.