SOUTH BAY GASTROENTEROLOGY MEDICAL GROUP
NPI 1609893619
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology in Torrance, CA

NPI Status: Active since July 16, 2006

Contact Information

23456 HAWTHORNE BLVD STE 300
TORRANCE, CA
ZIP 90505
Phone: (310) 539-2055
Fax: (310) 539-0199

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Insurance Plans Accepted
Authorized Official
CLIA Information
NPI Validation
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Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology
Accepts Insurance
CLIA Number: 05D2030445
CLIA Cert. Type: Physician Office
CLIA Exp. Date: 06-26-2026

About SOUTH BAY GASTROENTEROLOGY MEDICAL GROUP

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for South Bay Gastroenterology Medical Group, an internist established in Torrance, California operating as a Internal Medicine, focusing in gastroenterology . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1609893619 assigned on July 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RG0100X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 3 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 authorized official of this NPI record is Dr. Oren Zaidel M.d. (Medical Director)

NPI: 1609893619
Provider Name: SOUTH BAY GASTROENTEROLOGY MEDICAL GROUP
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 23456 HAWTHORNE BLVD STE 300 TORRANCE, CA 90505
Location Phone: (310) 539-2055
Location Fax: (310) 539-0199
Mailing Address: 23456 HAWTHORNE BLVD STE 300 TORRANCE, CA 90505
Mailing Phone: (310) 539-2055
Mailing Fax: (310) 539-0199
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 07-16-2006
Last Update Date: 09-11-2023
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An internist like South Bay Gastroenterology Medical Group 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 Gastroenterology
Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description: An internist who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive organs including the stomach, bowels, liver and gallbladder. This specialist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer and jaundice and performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using endoscopes to visualize internal organs.

Group Taxonomy 193400000X 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.

Insurance Plans Accepted

According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:

Medica

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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: DR. OREN ZAIDEL M.D.
Authorized Official Title: MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Authorized Official Phone: (310) 539-2055

CLIA Information

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 applies to facilities or sites that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease. The CLIA Program sets standards for clinical laboratory testing and issues certificates. The NPI / CLIA crosswalk information for this NPI number is:

CLIA Number: 05D2030445
Facility Type: Physician Office
Certificate Effective Date: June 27, 2024
Certificate Expiration Date: June 26, 2026
Laboratory Director: JOHN D. BLAKEY MD
Certificate Type: Certificate of Compliance
Certificate Type Description: This CLIA certificate is issued to South Bay Gastroenterology Medical Group after an inspection that finds the laboratory to be in compliance with all applicable CLIA requirements. This type of certificate is issued to laboratories that perform nonwaived (moderate and/or high complexity) testing.

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 1609893619, 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 71. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 71 = 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 → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 6

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 2

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 8 → 16 → 7 3 → 6 1 → 2

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 + 6 + 9 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 24 = 71

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

The next multiple of ten after 71 is 80. The difference is the calculated check digit.

80 - 71 = 9

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 9, which matches the last digit of 1609893619.