SAMIR PATEL MD
NPI 1831604719
Legal Medicine in Decatur, GA

NPI Status: Active since December 13, 2017

Contact Information

465 WINN WAY STE 221
DECATUR, GA
ZIP 30030
Phone: (404) 292-3810

NPI Profile Information
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Secondary Taxonomies
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Frequently Asked Questions

Individual
Male
Legal Medicine

About SAMIR PATEL

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Samir Patel, a provider established in Decatur, Georgia with a medical specialization in Legal Medicine. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1831604719 assigned on December 2017. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 209800000X with license number EPP869 (GA). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 5 years ago.

NPI: 1831604719
Provider Name: SAMIR PATEL MD
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 465 WINN WAY STE 221 DECATUR, GA 30030
Location Phone: (404) 292-3810
Mailing Address: 465 WINN WAY STE 221 DECATUR, GA 30030
Mailing Phone: (404) 292-3810
Is Sole Proprietor?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 12-13-2017
Last Update Date: 01-13-2021
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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: Legal Medicine
Taxonomy Code: 209800000X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
License No.: EPP869
License State: GA
Taxonomy Description: Legal Medicine is a special field of medicine that focuses on various aspects of medicine and law. Historically, the practice of legal medicine made contributions to medicine as a scientific instrument to solve criminal perplexities. Since World War II, the domain of legal medicine has broadened to include not only aspects of medical science to solve legal and criminal problems but aspects of law as it applies to medicine. Legal Medicine continues to grow as medicolegal issues like medical malpractice and liability, government regulation of health care, issues of tort reform, and moral and ethical complexities presented by technological advances become increasingly prominent. Many medical schools have implemented courses which supply medicolegal instruction for medical students, and many law schools now offer medicolegal courses. Also, dual degree programs in law and medicine have been created to assist physicians to bridge the gap between medicine and the law.

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	390200000X	Student, Health Care	Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program

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 1831604719, 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 → 6

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 8

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 3 → 6 6 → 12 → 3 4 → 8 1 → 2

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 8 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 8 + 7 + 2 + 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 1831604719.