Hierarchy |
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Level I, Provider Grouping
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Other Service Providers
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A major grouping of service(s) or occupation(s) of health care providers.
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Level II, Classification
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Funeral Director
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A more specific service or occupation related to the Provider Grouping
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Health Care Provider Taxonomy |
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Taxonomy Code
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176P00000X
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Taxonomy code in WPC notation
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Status
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Active
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Status of the code - can be active or inactive
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Level
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Level II Classification
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All taxonomy codes are organized in the hierarty from Level I, which is the higher level down to lower levels with bigger roman number
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Short Name
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Funeral Director
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Short name for the specialty (taxonomy)
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Full Name
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Funeral Director
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Full taxonomy title
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Description
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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.
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Description of taxonomy, which may specify the proper use of the code
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Additional Information
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Source: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, Oakbrook Terrace, IL: 1994, p. 323
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Additional information that is not a part of description, but useful in context of the taxononmy
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