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Occupational Therapist Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Taxonomy Code 225XF0002X

225XF0002X Level III - Area of Specialization
671Registered providers
67Medicare specialty
26.0NUCC version
46States & territories
Definition
Occupational therapists provide interventions to clients of all ages with feeding, eating and swallowing difficulties. Occupational therapists provide comprehensive rehabilitative, habilitative, and palliative dysphagia care, which includes collaborating with clients to provide individualized compensatory swallowing strategies, modified diet textures, adapted mealtime environments, enhanced feeding skills, preparatory exercises and positioning to clients, reinforcement of mealtime strategies to enhance and improve swallowing skills, and training to caregivers to enhance eating and feeding performance. Occupational therapists provide screening and in-depth clinical assessment which may include instrumental dysphagia assessments including videofluroscopy.

Code Details for 225XF0002X

Medicare specialty Medicare Specialty Code Crosswalk
Links this taxonomy code to its Medicare specialty code for provider enrollment.67 - Occupational Therapist in Private Practice
GroupingRespiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative And Restorative Service Providers
ClassificationOccupational Therapist
SpecializationFeeding, Eating & Swallowing
Code levelLevel III - Area of Specialization
Last updatedJuly 01, 2026
Notes / sourceSource: The Guide to Occupational Therapy Practice, 2nd edition. Bethesda: American Occupational Therapy Association, 2007. [7/1/2008: new] Additional Resources: The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) does offer voluntary specialty certification for a Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapist if the applicant meets the following requirements:
  • Professional or technical degree or equivalent in occupational therapy.
  • Certified or licensed by and in good standing with an AOTA recognized credentialing or regulatory body.
  • Minimum of 2,000 hours of experience as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.
  • 600 hours of experience delivering occupational therapy services in the certification area to clients (individuals, groups, or populations) in the last 3 calendar years. Service delivery may be paid or voluntary.
  • Verification of employment.
AOTA Specialized Knowledge and Skills Paper: Feeding, Eating and Swallowing in Occupational Therapy Practice, 2007; AOTA Fact Sheets: OT: A Vital Role in Dysphagia Care

About Taxonomy Code 225XF0002X

The taxonomy code 225XF0002X identifies Occupational Therapist Feeding, Eating & Swallowing within the Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative And Restorative Service Providers provider grouping. It is a Level III — Area of Specialization code, the most specific tier: it narrows the parent classification to a defined subspecialty.

NPI records show 671 registered providers whose primary or secondary taxonomy is this code. Of these, 312 (46%) are registered as organizations and 359 (54%) as individual providers. The states with the most occupational therapist feeding, eating & swallowing providers are California (128), Texas (67), New York (42). For Medicare enrollment, it crosswalks to specialty code 67 (Occupational Therapist in Private Practice).

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

671Total providers
312Organizations 46%
359Individuals 54%
335Female
24Male

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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Occupational Therapist Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Providers by State

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

All states (nationwide) 671 Alabama6Alaska3Arizona23California128Colorado25Connecticut3Florida31Georgia11Hawaii3Idaho7Illinois14Indiana8Iowa6Kansas1Kentucky6Louisiana10Maine6Maryland9Massachusetts17Michigan17Minnesota3Missouri5Montana2Nebraska3Nevada9New Hampshire8New Jersey18New Mexico2New York42North Carolina30Ohio9Oklahoma1Oregon8Pennsylvania31Puerto Rico12Rhode Island1South Carolina3South Dakota3Tennessee5Texas67Utah3Vermont1Virginia15Washington23Wisconsin2Wyoming2

Frequently Asked Questions

225XF0002X questions

NPPES lists 671 registered providers with this taxonomy code (Occupational Therapist Feeding, Eating & Swallowing).

Both. About 46% of these providers are registered as organizations and 54% as individuals.

It crosswalks to Medicare specialty code 67 (Occupational Therapist in Private Practice).

It is a Level III - Area of Specialization code in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy set. As an area of specialization, it falls under the Occupational Therapist classification (parent code 225X00000X).

Use the "Providers by state" directory on this page to open the list of occupational therapist feeding, eating & swallowing 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.