artemkoverchik/large_taxonomies_dataset huggingface dataset:
Perinatal Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WP1700X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Perinatal
Definition: Definition to come...
Plastic Surgery Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WS0121X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Plastic Surgery
Definition: Definition to come...
Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WP0808X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Psychiatric/Mental Health
Definition: Definition to come...
Adult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WP0809X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Psychiatric/Mental Health, Adult
Definition: Definition to come...
Child & Adolescent Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WP0807X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Psychiatric/Mental Health, Child & Adolescent
Definition: Definition to come...
Registered Nurse First Assistant (taxonomy code 163WR0006X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Registered Nurse First Assistant
Definition: A perioperative registered nurse who works in collaboration with the surgeon and other health care team members to achieve optimal outcomes.  The RNFA has acquired the necessary knowledge, judgment, and skills specific to the expanded role of RNFA clinical practice.  Intraoperatively, the RNFA assists the surgeon.
Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WR0400X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Rehabilitation
Definition: Definition to come...
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WR1000X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
Definition: Definition to come...
School Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WS0200X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: School
Definition: Definition to come...
Urology Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WU0100X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Urology
Definition: Definition to come...
Ambulatory Women's Health Care Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WW0101X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Women's Health Care, Ambulatory
Definition: Definition to come...
Wound Care Registered Nurse (taxonomy code 163WW0000X)
Group: Nursing Service Providers
Classification: Registered Nurse
Specialization: Wound Care
Definition: Definition to come...
Adult Companion (taxonomy code 372600000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Adult Companion
Definition: An individual who provides supervision, socialization, and non-medical care to a functionally impaired adult.  Companions may assist or supervise the individual with such tasks as meal preparation, laundry and shopping, but do not perform these activities as discrete services.  These services are provided in accordance with a therapeutic goal in the plan of care.
Chore Provider (taxonomy code 372500000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Chore Provider
Definition: An individual who provides home maintenance services required to sustain a safe, sanitary living environment for individuals who because of age or disabilities is unable to perform the activities.  These services include heavy household chores such as washing floors, windows, and walls; tacking down loose rugs and tiles; and moving heavy items of furniture in order to provide safe access and egress.
Day Training/Habilitation Specialist (taxonomy code 373H00000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Day Training/Habilitation Specialist
Definition: Individuals experienced or trained in working with developmentally disabled individuals who need assistance in acquiring and maintaining life skills that enable them to cope more effectively with the demands of independent living.
Doula (taxonomy code 374J00000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Doula
Definition: Doulas work in a variety of settings and have been trained to provide physical, emotional, and informational support to a mother before, during, and just after birth and/or provide emotional and practical support to a mother during the postpartum period.
Home Health Aide (taxonomy code 374U00000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Home Health Aide
Definition: A person trained to assist public health nurses, home health nurses, and other health professionals in the bedside care of patients in their homes.
Homemaker (taxonomy code 376J00000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Homemaker
Definition: An individual who provides general household activities such as meal preparation, laundry, and light housekeeping, when the individual regularly responsible for these activities is temporarily absent or unable to provide for himself.  Homemakers must meet the state defined training standards.
Nurse's Aide (taxonomy code 376K00000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Nurse's Aide
Definition: (1) An unlicensed individual who is trained to function in an assistive role to the licensed nurse in the provision of patient/client activities as delegated by the nurse; (2) An individual trained (either on-the-job or through a formal course generally of less than one year) and experienced in performing patient or client-care nursing tasks that do not require the skills of a specialist, technician, or professional. Examples of tasks performed by nurses aides include changing clothes, diapers, and beds; assisting patients to perform exercises or personal hygiene tasks, and supporting communication or social interaction. Specific education and credentials are not required for this work.
Nursing Home Administrator (taxonomy code 376G00000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Nursing Home Administrator
Definition: An individual, often licensed by the state, who is responsible for the management of a nursing home.
Religious Nonmedical Nursing Personnel (taxonomy code 374T00000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Religious Nonmedical Nursing Personnel
Definition: Religious nonmedical nursing personnel are experienced in caring for the physical needs of nonmedical patients.  For example, caring for the physical needs such as assistance with activities of daily living; assistance with moving, positioning, and ambulation; nutritional needs; and comfort and support measures.
Religious Nonmedical Practitioner (taxonomy code 374K00000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Religious Nonmedical Practitioner
Definition: A religious nonmedical practitioner offers spiritually-based care.  Services may be rendered in an office, home, or care facility or by phone, email, or written correspondence.
Technician (taxonomy code 374700000X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Technician
Definition: (1) A person with specialized training in a narrow field of expertise whose occupation requires training and is skilled in specific technical processes and procedures. (2) An individual having special skill or practical knowledge in an area, such as operation and maintenance of equipment or performance of laboratory procedures involving biochemical analyses. Special technical qualifications are normally required, though an increasing number or technicians also possess university degrees in science, and occasionally doctorate degrees. The distinction between technician and technologist in the health care field is not always clear.
Attendant Care Provider (taxonomy code 3747A0650X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Technician
Specialization: Attendant Care Provider
Definition: An individual who provides hands-on care, of both a supportive and health related nature, specific to the needs of a medically stable, physically handicapped individual.  Supportive services are those that substitute for the absence, loss, diminution, or impairment of a physical or cognitive function.  This service may include skilled or nursing care to the extent permitted by state law.
Personal Care Attendant (taxonomy code 3747P1801X)
Group: Nursing Service Related Providers
Classification: Technician
Specialization: Personal Care Attendant
Definition: An individual who provides assistance with eating, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, activities of daily living as specified in the plan of care.  Services which are incidental to the care furnished, or essential to the health and welfare of the individual may also be provided.  Personal care providers must meet state defined training and certification standards
Acupuncturist (taxonomy code 171100000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Acupuncturist
Definition: An acupuncturist is a person who performs ancient therapy for alleviation of pain, anesthesia and treatment of some diseases. Acupuncturists use long, fine needles inserted into specific points in order to treat painful conditions or produce anesthesia.
Case Manager/Care Coordinator (taxonomy code 171M00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Case Manager/Care Coordinator
Definition: A person who provides case management services and assists an individual in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and/or other services.  The person has the ability to provide an assessment and review of completed plan of care on a periodic basis.  This person is also able to take collaborative action to coordinate the services with other providers and monitor the enrollee's progress toward the cost-effective achievement of objectives specified in the plan of care.  Credentials may vary from an experience in the fields of psychology, social work, rehabilitation, nursing or a closely related human service field, to a related Assoc of Arts Degree or to nursing credentials.  Some states may require certification in case management.
Clinical Ethicist (taxonomy code 174V00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Clinical Ethicist
Definition: A clinical ethicist has been trained in bioethics and ethics case consultation.  The clinical ethicist addresses medical-ethical dilemmas arising in clinical practice, such as end-of-life care, refusal of treatment, and futility of care; assists patients and health care providers with medical decision-making; and provides ethics education for patients and families.
Community Health Worker (taxonomy code 172V00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Community Health Worker
Definition: 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 they serve. They have been identified by many titles such as community health advisors, lay health advocates, "promotores(as), outreach educators, community health representatives, peer health promoters, and peer health educators. CHWs offer interpretation and translation services, provide culturally appropriate health education and information, assist people in receiving the care they need, give informal counseling and guidance on health behaviors, advocate for individual and community health needs, and provide some direct services such as first aid and blood pressure screening.  Some examples of these practitioners are Community Health Aides or Practitioners established under 25 USC 1616 (l) under HHS, Indian Health Service, Public Health Service.
Contractor (taxonomy code 171W00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Contractor
Definition: For the purposes of the Health Care Provider Taxonomy, a contractor is limited to individuals who do construction or mechanical work to modify a patient's environment to accommodate a health condition. Contractors perform projects including, but not limited to, building wheelchair ramps, widening doorways, modifying personal vehicles, and making other improvements for patient access and movement. This code has no relation to a provider's employment status.
Home Modifications Contractor (taxonomy code 171WH0202X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Contractor
Specialization: Home Modifications
Definition: A contractor who makes modifications to homes to accommodate a health condition.
Vehicle Modifications Contractor (taxonomy code 171WV0202X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Contractor
Specialization: Vehicle Modifications
Definition: A contractor who makes modifications to private vehicles to accommodate a health condition.
Driver (taxonomy code 172A00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Driver
Definition: A person employed to operate a motor vehicle as a carrier of persons or property.
Funeral Director (taxonomy code 176P00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Funeral Director
Definition: A person, usually an embalmer, whose business is to arrange for the burial or cremation of the dead and to assist at the funeral rites.
Genetic Counselor (M.S.) (taxonomy code 170300000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Genetic Counselor, MS
Definition: A masters trained health care provider who collects and interprets genetic family histories; assesses the risk of disease occurrence or recurrence; identifies interventions to manage or ameliorate disease risk; educates about inheritance, testing, management, prevention, ethical issues, resources, and research; and counsels to promote informed choices and adaptation. Certification was established in 1993 by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and prior to that by the American Board of Medical Genetics. Requirements for experience, licensure, and job responsibilities vary among the states.
Health & Wellness Coach (taxonomy code 171400000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Health & Wellness Coach
Definition: The Health & Wellness Coach is trained in motivational theories, strategies, and communication techniques, which are used to assist patients to develop intrinsic motivation and obtain skills to create sustainable change for improved health and well-being. Health and wellness coaching is a patient-centered approach wherein patients at least partially determine their goals, use self-discovery or active learning processes together with content education to work toward their goals, and self-monitor behaviors to increase accountability, all within the context of an interpersonal relationship with a coach.
Health Educator (taxonomy code 174H00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Health Educator
Definition: Health educators work in a variety of settings providing education to individuals or groups of individuals on healthy behaviors, wellness, and health-related topics with the goal of preventing diseases and health problems.  Health educators generally require a bachelor's degree and may receive additional training, such as through mentoring, internships, or volunteer work.
Homeopath (taxonomy code 175L00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Homeopath
Definition: A provider who is educated and trained in a system of therapeutics in which diseases are treated by drugs which are capable of producing in healthy persons symptoms like those of the disease to be treated. Treatment requires administering a drug in minute doses.
Interpreter (taxonomy code 171R00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Interpreter
Definition: An Interpreter is a person who translates oral communication between two or more people.  This includes translating from one language to another or interpreting sign language.  An interpreter is necessary for medical care when the patient does not speak the language of the health care provider or when the patient has a disability involving spoken language.
Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) (taxonomy code 174N00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Lactation Consultant, Non-RN
Definition: An individual trained to provide breastfeeding assistance services to both mothers and infants. Lactation Consultants are not required to be nurses and are trained through specific courses of education. The Lactation Consultant may have additional certification through a national or international organization.
Lay Midwife (taxonomy code 175M00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Midwife, Lay
Definition: A person qualified by experience and limited specialized training to provide obstetric and neo-natal care in the management of women having normal pregnancy, labor and childbirth. The lay midwife is licensed in some states.
Legal Medicine (taxonomy code 173000000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Legal Medicine
Definition: The specialty areas of medicine concerned with matters of, and relations with, substantive law and legal institutions; such as the conduct of medical examinations at crime scenes, performance of autopsies, giving of expert medical testimony in judicial proceedings, medical treatment of inmates of penal institutions, the practice of trauma medicine in law enforcement settings, and other clinical practice and medical science applications in the fields of law, law enforcement, and corrections.
Mechanotherapist (taxonomy code 172M00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Mechanotherapist
Definition: A practitioner of mechanotherapy examines patients by verbal inquiry, examination of the musculoskeletal system by hand, and visual inspection and observation.  In the treatment of patients, mechanotherapists employ the techniques of advised or supervised exercise; electrical neuromuscular stimulation; massage or manipulation; or air, water, heat, cold, sound, or infrared ray therapy.
Midwife (taxonomy code 176B00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Midwife
Definition: A Midwife is a trained professional with special expertise in supporting women to maintain a healthy pregnancy birth, offering expert individualized care, education, counseling, and support to a woman and her newborn throughout the childbearing cycle. A Midwife is a skilled and independent practitioner who has undergone formalized training. Midwives are not required to be nurses and may be trained via multiple routes of education (apprenticeship, workshop, formal classes, or programs, etc., usually a combination). The educational background requirements and licensing requirements vary by state. The Midwife may or may not be certified by a state or national organization.
Military Health Care Provider (taxonomy code 171000000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Military Health Care Provider
Definition: Active duty military health care providers not otherwise classified who need to be separately identified for operational, clinical, or administrative processes.
Independent Duty Corpsman (taxonomy code 1710I1002X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Military Health Care Provider
Specialization: Independent Duty Corpsman
Definition: A Navy Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) is an active duty Sailor who has successfully completed one of the Navy's specific IDC training programs.  IDCs are formally trained and educated to perform primary medical care and minor surgical services in a variety of health care and non-health care settings worldwide under indirect physician supervision.  IDCs provide care to Department of Defense operational forces and other supporting forces such as contractors and foreign nationals.
Independent Duty Medical Technicians (taxonomy code 1710I1003X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Military Health Care Provider
Specialization: Independent Duty Medical Technicians
Definition: An Independent Duty Medical Technician (IDMT) is specially trained and educated to perform primary medical care, minor surgical services, and treatment of dental disorders for active duty military members in a variety of health care and non-health care settings worldwide under direct and indirect physician supervision.  An IDMT may take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, prescribe medications, and give immunizations. IDMTs work under the direct supervision of a physician preceptor when at home station and indirectly when assigned to a Mobile Aid Station, Mobile Medical Unit, remote site, or otherwise deployed specifically as an IDMT.  An IDMT may be an experienced Aerospace Medical Service Technician who meets special task qualifications and is recommended for training by the Aerospace Medical Service Functional Manager at their Medical Treatment Facility.  IDMTs maintain certification as Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technicians and as Immunization Back-up Technicians.
Naprapath (taxonomy code 172P00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Naprapath
Definition: Naprapathy means a branch of medicine that focuses on the evaluation and treatment of neuron-muscular conditions.  Doctors of naprapathy are connective tissue specialists.  Education and training are defined through individual states' licensing/certification requirements.
Naturopath (taxonomy code 175F00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Naturopath
Definition: Diagnoses, treats, and cares for patients, using system of practice that bases treatment of physiological functions and abnormal conditions on natural laws governing human body: Utilizes physiological, psychological, and mechanical methods, such as air, water, light, heat, earth, phototherapy, food and herb therapy, psychotherapy, electrotherapy, physiotherapy, minor and orificial surgery, mechanotherapy, naturopathic corrections and manipulation, and natural methods or modalities, together with natural medicines, natural processed foods, and herbs and nature's remedies. Excludes major surgery, therapeutic use of x ray and radium, and use of drugs, except those assimilable substances containing elements or compounds which are components of body tissues and are physiologically compatible to body processes for maintenance of life.
Peer Specialist (taxonomy code 175T00000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Peer Specialist
Definition: Individuals certified to perform peer support services through a training process defined by a government agency, such as the Department of Veterans Affairs or a state mental health department/certification/licensing authority.
Ph.D. Medical Genetics (taxonomy code 170100000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Medical Genetics, Ph.D. Medical Genetics
Definition: A medical geneticist works in association with a medical specialist, is affiliated with a clinical genetics program, and serves as a consultant to medical and dental specialists.
Prevention Professional (taxonomy code 405300000X)
Group: Other Service Providers
Classification: Prevention Professional
Definition: Prevention Professionals work in programs aimed to address specific patient needs, such as suicide prevention, violence prevention, alcohol avoidance, drug avoidance, and tobacco prevention.   The goal of the program is to reduce the risk of relapse, injury, or re-injury of the patient.  Prevention Professionals work in a variety of settings and provide appropriate case management, mediation, referral, and mentorship services.  Individuals complete prevention professionals training for the population of patients with whom they work.