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Legal Medicine Taxonomy Code 173000000X

173000000X Level II - Classification
2,431Registered providers
25.1NUCC version
53States & territories
Definition

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.

Code Details for 173000000X

GroupingOther Service Providers
ClassificationLegal Medicine
Code levelLevel II - Classification
Last updatedJanuary 01, 2026
Notes / sourceSource: Rhea, Ott, and Shafritz, The Facts On File Dictionary of Health Care Management, New York: Facts On File Publications, 1988.

About Taxonomy Code 173000000X

The taxonomy code 173000000X identifies Legal Medicine within the Other Service Providers provider grouping. It is a Level II — Classification code, which names a provider's occupation or service within the broader provider grouping.

NPI records show 2,431 registered providers whose primary or secondary taxonomy is this code. Of these, 1,258 (52%) are registered as organizations and 1,173 (48%) as individual providers. The states with the most legal medicine providers are New York (376), California (270), Florida (268).

Taxonomy codes are self-selected by the provider based on their education and training; they describe the provider's type and specialty, not the specific services rendered.

Provider Composition & Statistics

2,431Total providers
1,258Organizations 52%
1,173Individuals 48%
447Female
724Male
2Undisclosed

Among individual providers:

Gender is recorded for individual providers only; organizations are not gendered. Source: NPPES, last updated 2026-06-21T00:00:00.

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Legal Medicine Providers by State

Provider counts by U.S. state and territory. Select a state to open its provider directory.

All states (nationwide) 2,431 Alabama50Alaska2Arizona37Arkansas17California270Colorado34Connecticut11Delaware7District Of Columbia3Florida268Georgia104Guam1Hawaii19Idaho12Illinois104Indiana23Iowa2Kansas13Kentucky31Louisiana52Maine6Maryland66Massachusetts20Michigan67Minnesota5Mississippi20Missouri18Montana12Nebraska5Nevada8New Hampshire5New Jersey98New Mexico18New York376North Carolina78Ohio40Oklahoma12Oregon17Pennsylvania72Puerto Rico40Rhode Island2South Carolina25South Dakota1Tennessee63Texas147Utah26Vermont7Virgin Islands3Virginia54Washington50West Virginia13Wisconsin5Wyoming2

Frequently Asked Questions

173000000X questions

NPPES lists 2,431 registered providers with this taxonomy code (Legal Medicine).

Both. About 52% of these providers are registered as organizations and 48% as individuals.

This taxonomy code does not map to a Medicare specialty code in the current crosswalk.

It is a Level II - Classification code in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy set.

Use the "Providers by state" directory on this page to open the list of legal medicine providers registered in any U.S. state.

Source: National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, Version 25.1. Provider counts from NPPES. See nucc.org.