Pub. 100-04 Medicare Claims Processing: Update to the Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes (HPTC) Version 5.1
Guidance announcing that carriers and DMERCs must obtain the Health Care Provider Taxonomy Code list Version 5.1 and use it to update their internal HPTC tables. The code list is available from the Washington Publishing Company (http://www.wpc-edi.com/codes/taxonomy) as both a free PDF download, and a purchasable electronic list to facilitate automatic loading of the code set.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: September 30, 2005
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