Prescriber File Layout
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This layout document describes the fields in the prescriber search data file.
| Field Name | Description | Length | Format | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescriber_VendorNumber | License number | 15 | ||
| Prescriber_NPI | 10-digit National Provider Identifier (NPI) | 10 | ||
| Prescriber_LastName | Prescriber’s last name | 22 | ||
| Prescriber_FirstName | Prescriber’s first name | 22 | ||
| prescriber_EffDate | The effective date of prescriber’s license | 10 | MM/DD/CCYY | |
| Prescriber_TermDate | The termination date of prescriber’s license | 10 | MM/DD/CCYY | Open-ended date appears as null |
| Prescriber_Title | 2-3–character degree code | 3 | Refer to the valid values for prescriber degree description | |
| Prescriber_TitleDesc | Degree description | 50 | Refer to the valid values for prescriber degree description | |
| Prescriber_specialty | 1-3–character specialty code | 3 | Refer to the valid values for prescriber specialty description | |
| Prescriber_SpecialtyDesc | Specialty description | 50 | Refer to the valid values for prescriber specialty description | |
| Prescriber_Address | The physical address of the prescriber (line #1) | 30 | ||
| Prescriber_Address2 | The physical address of the prescriber (line #2) | 50 | ||
| Prescriber_City | Physical address city | 20 | ||
| Prescriber_State | Physical address state (two-character abbreviation) | 2 | ||
| Prescriber_Zip | Prescriber address ZIP code | 5 | ||
| Prescriber_certification_required | Identifies whether the prescriber is required to certify to prescribe for HTW clients | 3 | ||
| Prescriber_HTW_Certified | Identifies whether the prescriber is certified to prescribe for HTW clients | 3 | ||
| Prescriber_HTW_EffDate | Identifies the effective date of the prescriber’s HTW certification | 10 | MM/DD/CCYY | |
| Prescriber_HTW_TermDate | Identifies the termination date of the prescriber’s HTW certification | 10 | MM/DD/CCYY | Open-ended date appears as null |
Prescriber File Valid Values
Prescriber Degree Description
- ANP = Advance Nurse Practitioner (Nursing Board)
- DDS = Dentist (Dental Board)
- DO = Osteopath / Individual (Medical Board)
- DP = Podiatrist / Individual (Podiatry Board)
- DPM = Podiatrist / Medical (Podiatry Board)
- MD = Medical Doctor (Medical Board)
- OD = Optometrist / Therapeutic (Optometry Board)
- OGD = Optometrist / Therapeutic & Glaucoma Specialist (Optometry Board)
- PA = Physician Assistant (Medical Board)
- PH = Prescribing Pharmacist (Pharmacy Board)
Prescriber Specialty Description
- A = Allergy
- ABS = Abdominal surgery
- ADL = Adolescent medicine
- ADM = Administrative medicine
- AI = Allergy and immunology
- AM = Aerospace medicine
- AN = Anesthesiology
- BLB = Blood banking
- CD = Cardiovascular diseases
- CDS = Cardiovascular surgery
- CHN = Child neurology
- CHP = Child psychiatry
- CLP = Clinical pathology
- CRS = Colon and rectal surgery
- D = Dermatology
- DIA = Diabetes
- DMP = Dermopathology
- DR = Diagnostic radiology
- EM = Emergency medicine
- END = Endocrinology
- ETX = Medical toxicology (emergency medicine)
- FOP = Forensic pathology
- FP = Family practice
- FSM = Sports medicine (family practice)
- FX = Flexible
- GE = Gastroenterology
- GEN = Genetics
- GER = Geriatrics
- GP = General practice
- GPM = General preventive medicine
- GS = General surgery
- GYN = Gynecology
- HEM = Hematology
- HNS = Head and neck surgery
- HS = Hand surgery
- ID = Infectious diseases
- IG = Immunology
- IM = Internal medicine
- LM = Legal medicine
- MGP = Molecular genetic pathology
- MT = Manipulative therapy
- N = Neurology
- NA = Neuropathology
- NEP = Nephrology
- NM = Nuclear medicine
- NPM = Neonatal-perinatal medicine
- NR = Nuclear radiology
- NS = Neurological surgery
- NTR = Nutrition
- OBG = Obstetrics and gynecology
- OBS = Obstetrics
- OM = Occupational medicine
- OMF = Oral & maxillofacial surgery
- ON = Oncology
- OPH = Ophthalmology
- ORS = Orthopedic surgery
- OS = Other specialty
- OTO = Otolaryngology
- P = Psychiatry
- PA = Pharmacology, clinical
- PD = Pediatrics
- PDA = Pediatrics, Allergy
- PDC = Pediatrics, Cardiology
- PDE = Pediatric endocrinology
- PDR = Pediatric radiology
- PDS = Pediatric surgery
- PH = Public health
- PHO = Pediatric hematology/oncology
- PM = Physical med. & rehabilitation
- PS = Plastic surgery
- PTH = Pathology
- PUD = Pulmonary diseases
- PYA = Psychoanalysis
- R = Radiology
- REN = Reproductive endocrinology
- RHI = Rhinology
- RHU = Rheumatology
- RO = Radiation oncology
- TR = Therapeutic radiology
- TRS = Traumatic surgery
- TS = Thoracic surgery
- U = Urology
- US = Unspecified
- VS = Vascular surgery