JAMES PHILLIPS MD
NPI 1396815502
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Little Rock, AR

NPI Status: Active since November 08, 2006

Contact Information

4301 W MARKHAM ST # 783
LITTLE ROCK, AR
ZIP 72205
Phone: (501) 686-8000

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Individual
Male
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Disease

About JAMES PHILLIPS

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for James Phillips, an internist established in Little Rock, Arkansas with a medical specialization in Internal Medicine, focusing in pulmonary disease . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1396815502 assigned on November 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RP1001X with license number C-4051 (AR). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 19 years ago.

NPI: 1396815502
Provider Name: JAMES PHILLIPS MD
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 4301 W MARKHAM ST # 783 LITTLE ROCK, AR 72205
Location Phone: (501) 686-8000
Mailing Address: 4301 W MARKHAM ST # 783 LITTLE ROCK, AR 72205
Mailing Phone: (501) 686-8000
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 11-08-2006
Last Update Date: 07-08-2007
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An internist like James Phillips 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
License No.: C-4051
License State: AR
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.

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 1396815502, we treat the final digit (2) 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 58. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 58 = 2).

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 → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 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 9 → 18 → 9 8 → 16 → 7 5 → 10 → 1 0 → 0

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 3 + 1 + 8 + 6 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 0 + 24 = 58

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

The next multiple of ten after 58 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.

60 - 58 = 2

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 2, which matches the last digit of 1396815502.