RIKER NUTRITION CONSULTING
NPI 1982182432
Dietitian, Registered in Nashville, TN

NPI Status: Active since August 06, 2018

Contact Information

4205 HILLSBORO PIKE STE 314
NASHVILLE, TN
ZIP 37215
Phone: (615) 241-6332

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Group Taxonomy
Authorized Official
NPI Validation
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Dietitian, Registered

About RIKER NUTRITION CONSULTING

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Riker Nutrition Consulting, a provider established in Nashville, Tennessee operating as a Dietitian, Registered. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1982182432 assigned on August 2018. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 133V00000X with license number 2073 (TN). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 8 years ago. The organization operates as a Single Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, all of who practice with the same area of specialization. The provider's is doing business as Riker Nutrition Consulting. The authorized official of this NPI record is Cari Riker Rd (Owner/registered Dietitian)

NPI: 1982182432
Provider Legal Name: RIKER NUTRITION CONSULTING, LLC
Other Organization Name: RIKER NUTRITION CONSULTING
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 4205 HILLSBORO PIKE STE 314 NASHVILLE, TN 37215
Location Phone: (615) 241-6332
Mailing Address: 2916 BURTONWOOD DR SPRING HILL, TN 37174
Mailing Phone: (615) 241-6332
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 08-06-2018
Last Update Date: 08-06-2018
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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: Dietitian, Registered
Taxonomy Code: 133V00000X
Type: Dietary & Nutritional Service Providers
License No.: 2073
License State: TN
Taxonomy Description: A Registered Dietitian (RD)/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) is an individual uniquely trained in the science of nutrition and practice of dietetics to design and provide medical nutrition therapy (MNT) and other evidence-based applications of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) that exemplify the profession's systematic approach to providing high quality nutrition care. Registered dietitians provide MNT for the purpose of disease prevention or management, or to treat or rehabilitate an illness, injury, or condition, with the use of specific, indicated physical and cognitive nutrition care services comprised of one or more of the following aspects of the NCP: nutrition assessment/reassessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention (e.g., nutrition counseling, therapeutic diet ordering, and nutrition education) and nutrition monitoring and evaluation.

Group Taxonomy 193400000X SINGLE SPECIALTY GROUP

This provdier is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, all of who practice with the same area of specialization.

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name: CARI RIKER RD
Authorized Official Title: OWNER/REGISTERED DIETITIAN
Authorized Official Phone: (615) 241-6332

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 1982182432, 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 → 2

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 4

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 8 → 16 → 7 1 → 2 2 → 4 3 → 6

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 9 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 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 1982182432.