NORTON CHILDREN'S DENTISTRY
NPI 1609443308
Dentist - Pediatric Dentistry in Louisville, KY

NPI Status: Active since June 10, 2021

Contact Information

4803 OLYMPIA PARK PLZ STE 1100
LOUISVILLE, KY
ZIP 40241
Phone: (502) 272-5336
Fax: (502) 272-5339

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Secondary Taxonomies
Group Taxonomy
Authorized Official
NPI Validation
Other Providers Same Location
Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Dentist
Pediatric Dentistry

About NORTON CHILDREN'S DENTISTRY

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Norton Children's Dentistry, a provider established in Louisville, Kentucky operating as a Dentist, focusing in pediatric dentistry . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1609443308 assigned on June 2021. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 1223P0221X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 5 years 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. The provider's is doing business as Norton Children's Dentistry. The authorized official of this NPI record is Shelley Gast (Syst Vp Mngd Care & Payor Strat)

NPI: 1609443308
Provider Legal Name: NORTON CHILDREN'S MEDICAL GROUP LLC
Other Organization Name: NORTON CHILDREN'S DENTISTRY
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 4803 OLYMPIA PARK PLZ STE 1100 LOUISVILLE, KY 40241
Location Phone: (502) 272-5336
Location Fax: (502) 272-5339
Mailing Address: PO BOX 776879 CHICAGO, IL 60677
Mailing Phone: (502) 272-5134
Mailing Fax: (502) 272-5339
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 06-10-2021
Last Update Date: 09-22-2021
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A dentist like Norton Children's Dentistry is a skilled in and licensed provider that diagnoses and treats problems with patients teeth, gums, and related parts of the mouth. Dentists educate patients on how to take care of the teeth and gums and provide information on diet choices that affect oral health. Dentists must be licensed in the state in which they work.

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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: Dentist Pediatric Dentistry
Taxonomy Code: 1223P0221X
Type: Dental Providers
Taxonomy Description: An age-defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs.

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	122300000X	Dental Providers	Dentist

Group Taxonomy 193400000X MULTIPLE 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.

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: SHELLEY GAST
Authorized Official Title: SYST VP MNGD CARE & PAYOR STRAT
Authorized Official Phone: (502) 272-5335

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 1609443308, 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 → 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 8

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 6

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 0 → 0 4 → 8 3 → 6 0 → 0

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 6 + 0 + 9 + 8 + 4 + 6 + 3 + 0 + 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 1609443308.