HELEN YONTS BSSW, CAC-II, LADAC
NPI 1780768622
Counselor - Mental Health in Greenwood, SC

NPI Status: Active since October 25, 2006

Contact Information

1612 RIVERS ST
GREENWOOD, SC
ZIP 29649
Phone: (864) 227-1001
Fax: (864) 227-3619

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Frequently Asked Questions

Individual
Female
Counselor
Mental Health

About HELEN YONTS

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Helen Yonts, a provider established in Greenwood, South Carolina with a medical specialization in Counselor, focusing in mental health . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1780768622 assigned on October 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 101YM0800X. The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 13 years ago.

NPI: 1780768622
Provider Name: HELEN YONTS BSSW, CAC-II, LADAC
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 1612 RIVERS ST GREENWOOD, SC 29649
Location Phone: (864) 227-1001
Location Fax: (864) 227-3619
Mailing Address: PO BOX 50209 GREENWOOD, SC 29649
Mailing Phone: (864) 227-1001
Mailing Fax: (864) 227-3619
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 10-25-2006
Last Update Date: 02-19-2013
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A mental health counselor like Helen Yonts 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

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 1780768622, we treat the final digit (2) 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 68. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 68 = 2).

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 → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 14 → 1 + 4

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

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 8 → 16 → 7 7 → 14 → 5 8 → 16 → 7 2 → 4

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 7 + 1 + 6 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 6 + 6 + 4 + 24 = 68

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

The next multiple of ten after 68 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 68 = 2

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 2, which matches the last digit of 1780768622.