Taxonomy Code 207QS1201X
Family Medicine Sleep Medicine
Taxonomy Code Details
- Taxonomy Code:
- 207QS1201X
- Grouping:
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification:
- Family Medicine
- Specialization:
- Sleep Medicine
- Code Level:
- Level III - Area of Specialization
- Definition:
- A Family Medicine Physician who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.
- Medicare Specialty Code: Medicare Specialty Code Crosswalk
Health care providers and suppliers who are eligible to enroll in Medicare can use this crosswalk that links the taxonomy code with its appropriate medicare specialty code. - 08 - Physician/Family Practice
- Notes:
- Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2008, www.aasm.org [7/1/2008: new]
- Version:
- NUCC Provider Taxonomy Version 25.0
- Last Updated:
- January 01, 2025
- Code Navigator:
The code 207QS1201X is the health care provider taxonomy code for family medicine grouped under allopathic & osteopathic physicians with a specialization in sleep medicine. NPI records indicate a total of 633 registered providers whose primary or secondary taxonomy code is sleep medicine of which 139 are registered as females, 243 registered as males and 251 are organizations.
207QS1201X is a Level III - Area of Specialization taxonomy code used to describe a health care provider that chooses to pracice specific services. For instance, the area of specialization of Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians providers is determined by the Subspecialty Certificates issued by the different national boards. Taxonomy codes are self-selected by the health care provider. Their specialty is defined based on their education level and training. Taxonomy codes do not specify the actual services rendered by the health care provider.
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