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Midwife Taxonomy Code 176B00000X

176B00000X Level II - Classification
8,922Registered providers
26.0NUCC version
55States & territories
Definition
A Midwife is a trained professional with special expertise in supporting women to maintain a healthy pregnancy birth, offering expert individualized care, education, counseling, and support to a woman and her newborn throughout the childbearing cycle. A Midwife is a skilled and independent practitioner who has undergone formalized training. Midwives are not required to be nurses and may be trained via multiple routes of education (apprenticeship, workshop, formal classes, or programs, etc., usually a combination). The educational background requirements and licensing requirements vary by state. The Midwife may or may not be certified by a state or national organization.

Code Details for 176B00000X

GroupingOther Service Providers
ClassificationMidwife
Code levelLevel II - Classification
Last updatedJuly 01, 2026
Notes / sourceSource: The National Uniform Claim Committee [7/1/2007: title changed, definition changed, source changed]

About Taxonomy Code 176B00000X

The taxonomy code 176B00000X identifies Midwife 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 8,922 registered providers whose primary or secondary taxonomy is this code. Of these, 1,176 (13%) are registered as organizations and 7,746 (87%) as individual providers. The states with the most midwife providers are California (977), New York (662), Texas (639).

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

8,922Total providers
1,176Organizations 13%
7,746Individuals 87%
7,690Female
36Male
20Undisclosed

Among individual providers:

Gender is recorded for individual providers only; organizations are not gendered. Source: NPPES, last updated 2026-08-16T00:00:00.

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Midwife Providers by State

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

All states (nationwide) 8,922 Alabama39Alaska108American Samoa2Arizona225Arkansas49California977Colorado248Connecticut77Delaware24District Of Columbia26Florida522Georgia138Guam5Hawaii43Idaho155Illinois135Indiana74Iowa53Kansas59Kentucky63Louisiana58Maine85Maryland150Massachusetts190Michigan221Minnesota213Mississippi27Missouri115Montana71Nebraska13Nevada68New Hampshire64New Jersey180New Mexico188New York662North Carolina133North Dakota6Ohio217Oklahoma64Oregon318Pennsylvania317Puerto Rico21Rhode Island31South Carolina104South Dakota25Tennessee178Texas639Utah180Vermont62Virgin Islands2Virginia255Washington476West Virginia48Wisconsin169Wyoming16

Frequently Asked Questions

176B00000X questions

NPPES lists 8,922 registered providers with this taxonomy code (Midwife).

Both. About 13% of these providers are registered as organizations and 87% 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 midwife providers registered in any U.S. state.

Source: National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, Version 26.0. Provider counts from NPPES. See nucc.org.