MISS NYDIA E FONTANEZ REYES MD
NPI 1891864138
Legal Medicine in Fajardo, PR

NPI Status: Active since November 08, 2006

Contact Information

55 CALLE DEL CARMEN W
FAJARDO, PR
ZIP 00738
Phone: (787) 860-3558
Fax: (787) 860-7066

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Individual
Female
Legal Medicine

About NYDIA FONTANEZ REYES

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Nydia Fontanez Reyes, a provider established in Fajardo, Puerto Rico with a medical specialization in Legal Medicine. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1891864138 assigned on November 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 173000000X with license number 15797 (PR). The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 10 years ago.

NPI: 1891864138
Provider Name: MISS NYDIA E FONTANEZ REYES MD
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 55 CALLE DEL CARMEN W FAJARDO, PR 00738
Location Phone: (787) 860-3558
Location Fax: (787) 860-7066
Mailing Address: ST 987 COND PENAMAR C-609 FAJARDO, PR 00738
Mailing Phone: (787) 801-0081
Mailing Fax: (787) 860-7066
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 11-08-2006
Last Update Date: 05-03-2016
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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: 173000000X
Type: Other Service Providers
License No.: 15797
License State: PR
Taxonomy Description: The specialty areas of medicine concerned with matters of, and relations with, substantive law and legal institutions; such as the conduct of medical examinations at crime scenes, performance of autopsies, giving of expert medical testimony in judicial proceedings, medical treatment of inmates of penal institutions, the practice of trauma medicine in law enforcement settings, and other clinical practice and medical science applications in the fields of law, law enforcement, and corrections.

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 1891864138, 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 72. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 72 = 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 → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 8

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 6

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 9 → 18 → 9 8 → 16 → 7 4 → 8 3 → 6

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 8 + 1 + 8 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 6 + 8 + 1 + 6 + 24 = 72

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

The next multiple of ten after 72 is 80. The difference is the calculated check digit.

80 - 72 = 8

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 8, which matches the last digit of 1891864138.