Get Taxonomy Code

GEThttps://api-healthcare-providers.dataandapis.com/v1/taxonomies/{code}

Get Taxonomy Code is an endpoint of the Healthcare Providers API. Look up any of 9.37 million US NPIs with specialties resolved to plain names.

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Request

Path parameters

Parameter	Example
code	207X00000X	Required

Example request

curl

curl "https://api-healthcare-providers.dataandapis.com/v1/taxonomies/207X00000X" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api-healthcare-providers.dataandapis.com/v1/taxonomies/207X00000X", {
  headers: { "X-Api-Key": process.env.DATAANDAPIS_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();

Python

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api-healthcare-providers.dataandapis.com/v1/taxonomies/207X00000X",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": os.environ["DATAANDAPIS_KEY"]},
)
data = r.json()

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "code": "207X00000X",
  "grouping": "Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians",
  "classification": "Orthopaedic Surgery",
  "specialization": null,
  "display_name": "Orthopaedic Surgery Physician",
  "section": "Individual",
  "providers_with_primary": 36899
}

Other endpoints in the Healthcare Providers API

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