Taxonomy code 253J00000X
Foster Care Agency taxonomy code: 253J00000X
Agencies
About this code
- Code
- 253J00000X
- Grouping
- Agencies
- Classification
- Foster Care Agency
- For
- Organizations (NPI-2)
- Code set
- NUCC version 26.1
Definition
A Foster Care Agency is an agency that provides foster care as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as "24-hour substitute care for children outside their own homes." Foster care settings include, but are not limited to, nonrelative foster family homes, relative foster homes (whether payments are being made or not), group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, and pre-adoptive homes.
Providers choose taxonomy code 253J00000X (Foster Care Agency) when they apply for or update their NPI. A provider can list several codes and marks one as primary; the code describes the type of care, not a license or board certification.
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Definition: National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC), Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 26.1, nucc.org.