Taxonomy code

282N00000X: General Acute Care Hospital

282N00000X is the NUCC provider taxonomy code for General Acute Care Hospital, in the Hospitals group.

Code details

Code
282N00000X
Grouping
Hospitals
Classification
General Acute Care Hospital
Specialization
None (this is the general classification code)
Display name
General Acute Care Hospital
Used by
Organizations (NPI-2)

NUCC definition

An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.

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Choosing a taxonomy code

Providers can list up to 15 taxonomy codes on their NPI record and must mark one as primary. Payers often check that the taxonomy code on a claim matches the one on the NPI record, so a mismatch is a common reason for denials.