UNIVERSITY INFECTIOUS DISEASE
NPI 1518196138
Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease in Chicago, IL

NPI Status: Active since July 02, 2009

Contact Information

600 S PAULINA ST
SUITE 140
CHICAGO, IL
ZIP 60612
Phone: (312) 942-5865
Fax: (312) 942-2184

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Authorized Official
NPI Validation
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Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Internal Medicine
Infectious Disease

About UNIVERSITY INFECTIOUS DISEASE

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for University Infectious Disease, an internist established in Chicago, Illinois operating as a Internal Medicine, focusing in infectious disease . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1518196138 assigned on July 2009. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RI0200X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 17 years ago. University Infectious Disease operates as a Multi-Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, who practice different areas of specialization. The provider's is doing business as University Infectious Disease. The authorized official of this NPI record is John Paulsen (Authorized Official)

NPI: 1518196138
Provider Legal Name: RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Other Organization Name: UNIVERSITY INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 600 S PAULINA ST SUITE 140 CHICAGO, IL 60612
Location Phone: (312) 942-5865
Location Fax: (312) 942-2184
Mailing Address: 600 S PAULINA ST SUITE 140 CHICAGO, IL 60612
Mailing Phone: (312) 942-5865
Mailing Fax: (312) 942-2184
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 07-02-2009
Last Update Date: 07-02-2009
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An internist like University Infectious Disease 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 Infectious Disease
Taxonomy Code: 207RI0200X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description: An internist who deals with infectious diseases of all types and in all organ systems. Conditions requiring selective use of antibiotics call for this special skill. This physician often diagnoses and treats AIDS patients and patients with fevers which have not been explained. Infectious disease specialists may also have expertise in preventive medicine and travel medicine.

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.

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name: JOHN PAULSEN
Authorized Official Title: AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL
Authorized Official Phone: (312) 942-7118

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 1518196138, we treat the final digit (8) 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 62. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 62 = 8).

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 → 2

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 6

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 1 → 2 6 → 12 → 3 3 → 6

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 5 + 2 + 8 + 2 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 24 = 62

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

The next multiple of ten after 62 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 62 = 8

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 8, which matches the last digit of 1518196138.