RYAN ANDREW HIGGINBOTHAM
NPI 1497559892
Military Health Care Provider - Independent Duty Corpsman in Camp Pendleton, CA

NPI Status: Active since April 03, 2025

Contact Information

PO BOX 555584
CAMP PENDLETON, CA
ZIP 92055
Phone: (760) 725-8912

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Individual
Male
Military Health Care Provider
Independent Duty Corpsman

About RYAN HIGGINBOTHAM

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Ryan Higginbotham, a provider established in Camp Pendleton, California with a medical specialization in Military Health Care Provider, focusing in independent duty corpsman . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1497559892 assigned on April 2025. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 1710I1002X. The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated one year ago. Ryan Higginbotham operates as a Multi-Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, who practice different areas of specialization.

NPI: 1497559892
Provider Name: RYAN ANDREW HIGGINBOTHAM
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: PO BOX 555584 CAMP PENDLETON, CA 92055
Location Phone: (760) 725-8912
Mailing Address: PO BOX 555584 CAMP PENDLETON, CA 92055
Mailing Phone: (760) 725-8912
Is Sole Proprietor?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 04-03-2025
Last Update Date: 04-03-2025
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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: Military Health Care Provider Independent Duty Corpsman
Taxonomy Code: 1710I1002X
Type: Other Service Providers
License State: NC
Taxonomy Description: A Navy Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) is an active duty Sailor who has successfully completed one of the Navy's specific IDC training programs. IDCs are formally trained and educated to perform primary medical care and minor surgical services in a variety of health care and non-health care settings worldwide under indirect physician supervision. IDCs provide care to Department of Defense operational forces and other supporting forces such as contractors and foreign nationals.

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.

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 1497559892, 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 78. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 78 = 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 → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

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 9 → 18 → 9 5 → 10 → 1 9 → 18 → 9 9 → 18 → 9

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 4 + 1 + 8 + 7 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 8 + 8 + 1 + 8 + 24 = 78

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

The next multiple of ten after 78 is 80. The difference is the calculated check digit.

80 - 78 = 2

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 2, which matches the last digit of 1497559892.