OKON FRANCIS BASSEY RRT
NPI 1679135248
Respiratory Therapist, Registered - Critical Care in Williamstown, NJ

NPI Status: Active since July 03, 2019

Contact Information

1420 S BLACK HORSE PIKE
WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ
ZIP 08094
Phone: (856) 875-0100

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Individual
Male
Respiratory Therapist, Registered
Critical Care

About OKON BASSEY

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Okon Bassey, a provider established in Williamstown, New Jersey with a medical specialization in Respiratory Therapist, Registered, focusing in critical care . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1679135248 assigned on July 2019. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 2279C0205X with license number 43ZA00602800 (NJ). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 7 years ago.

NPI: 1679135248
Provider Name: OKON FRANCIS BASSEY RRT
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 1420 S BLACK HORSE PIKE WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ 08094
Location Phone: (856) 875-0100
Mailing Address: 1420 S BLACK HORSE PIKE WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ 08094
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 07-03-2019
Last Update Date: 07-03-2019
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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: Respiratory Therapist, Registered Critical Care
Taxonomy Code: 2279C0205X
Type: Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
License No.: 43ZA00602800
License State: NJ
Taxonomy Description: A registered respiratory therapist specialized in the respiratory emergencies that are commonplace in the treatment of critical care patients. Included in the assessment measurements conducted by the respiratory therapist in the critical care settings are arterial blood gas puncture and analysis, intrarterial monitoring, bedside measurements of lung mechanics, hemodynamic monitoring, and inspired and expired gas measurements. This is coupled with the initiation and management of mechanical ventilation patients.

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 1679135248, 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 → 14 → 1 + 4

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 2

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 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 7 → 14 → 5 1 → 2 5 → 10 → 1 4 → 8

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 9 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 8 + 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 1679135248.