Community Health Worker: NPI taxonomy code 172V00000X
Taxonomy code 172V00000X is Community Health Worker, in the Other Service Providers group.
47,911 active NPIs list it as their primary specialty (0.5% of all).
| Code | 172V00000X |
|---|---|
| Group | Other Service Providers |
| Classification | Community Health Worker |
| Used for | individual providers (the code is in NUCC's Individual section) |
| Active NPIs, primary specialty | 47,911 (46,437 individuals, 1,474 organizations) |
What NUCC says: Community health workers (CHW) are lay members of communities who work either for pay or as volunteers in association with the local health care system in both urban and rural environments and usually share ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status and life experiences with the community members… (excerpt of the NUCC 26.1 definition)
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Where they are
| State | Active NPIs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| California | 11,408 | 23.8% |
| West Virginia | 4,267 | 8.9% |
| Utah | 4,029 | 8.4% |
| Ohio | 3,912 | 8.2% |
| Michigan | 2,935 | 6.1% |
| Alaska | 2,317 | 4.8% |
| Kentucky | 1,682 | 3.5% |
| New Mexico | 1,532 | 3.2% |
| Wyoming | 1,311 | 2.7% |
| Oregon | 1,242 | 2.6% |
Top states by practice location, from the NPPES file of September 13, 2026.
Specialty definitions are from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (version 26.1). Which code to use on a claim depends on your NPPES record and your payer. See taxonomy codes explained.