ZARA ANIKA ADAM-WATERS
NPI 1609731629
Counselor - Mental Health in Long Island City, NY

NPI Status: Active since December 22, 2025

Contact Information

3046 NORTHERN BLVD
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
ZIP 11101
Phone: (718) 424-6191

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Individual
Female
Counselor
Mental Health

About ZARA ADAM-WATERS

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Zara Adam-waters, a provider established in Long Island City, New York with a medical specialization in Counselor, focusing in mental health . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1609731629 assigned on December 2025. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 101YM0800X with license number 017201 (NY). The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated December 2025.

NPI: 1609731629
Provider Name: ZARA ANIKA ADAM-WATERS
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 3046 NORTHERN BLVD LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101
Location Phone: (718) 424-6191
Mailing Address: 6449 WETHEROLE ST APT 7H REGO PARK, NY 11374
Mailing Phone: (914) 623-2079
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 12-22-2025
Last Update Date: 12-22-2025
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A mental health counselor like Zara Adam-waters 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.: 017201
License State: NY

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 1609731629, we treat the final digit (9) 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 61. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 61 = 9).

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 → 14 → 1 + 4

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 2

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 4

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 7 → 14 → 5 1 → 2 2 → 4

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 6 + 0 + 9 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 6 + 4 + 24 = 61

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

The next multiple of ten after 61 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 61 = 9

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 9, which matches the last digit of 1609731629.