Physician Number Qualifying Code. The type of Physician Number being submitted. Applies to all Physician Numbers for a single hospital discharge.
FI = Federal Taxpayer ID Number
SL = State License ID Number
SP = Specialty License Number
UP = Universal Physician Identification Number
XX = National Provider Identifier
0B = State License ID Number
1G = UPIN Provider Number
G2 = Commercial Provider Number
NI = National Provider Identifier If the UPIN coding is used, the following may be used for physicians without assigned UPINs
INT000 = for each intern
RES000 = for each resident
PHS000 = for Public Health Service physicians
VAD000 = for Department of Veterans Affairs physicians
RET000 = for retired physicians
SLF000 = for providers to report that the patient is self-referred
OTH000 = for all other unspecified entities without UPINs
NOTE: Other values exist but no definition is available. | Mary Gadde