MARIA TORRES BA, CIT, RAD
NPI 1962801118
Counselor - Mental Health in Fort Smith, AR

NPI Status: Active since August 13, 2014

Contact Information

615 N 19TH ST
FORT SMITH, AR
ZIP 72901
Phone: (479) 785-4083
Fax: (479) 668-2059

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Individual
Female
Counselor
Mental Health

About MARIA TORRES

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Maria Torres, a provider established in Fort Smith, Arkansas with a medical specialization in Counselor, focusing in mental health . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1962801118 assigned on August 2014. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 101YM0800X. The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 12 years ago.

NPI: 1962801118
Provider Name: MARIA TORRES BA, CIT, RAD
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 615 N 19TH ST FORT SMITH, AR 72901
Location Phone: (479) 785-4083
Location Fax: (479) 668-2059
Mailing Address: 615 N 19TH ST FORT SMITH, AR 72901
Mailing Phone: (479) 785-4083
Mailing Fax: (479) 668-2059
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 08-13-2014
Last Update Date: 08-13-2014
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A mental health counselor like Maria Torres 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 1962801118, 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 52. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 52 = 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 → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 2

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 6 → 12 → 3 8 → 16 → 7 1 → 2 1 → 2

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 24 = 52

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

The next multiple of ten after 52 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.

60 - 52 = 8

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 8, which matches the last digit of 1962801118.