Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist

NUCC 2251C2600X · Physical Therapist

139 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 34 states · 496th of 690 specialties by headcount.

139
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
34
States
with ≥1 NPI
New York
Top state
18 providers
8th
In category
of 11 Physical Therapist codes

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist ranks 496th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in New York; per resident Indiana leads.

139
NPPES providers in specialty
496th
of 690 specialties
596
state-share HHI
0.7%
Part D prescriber share

Indiana is densest per capita (3.2× the national rate; North Carolina 2.9×); 0% of the Physical Therapist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist (NUCC 2251C2600X; 0.7% Part D prescribers (1 of 139); avg 1,459 Part D claims/prescriber (78th of 572); state-share HHI 596; next-larger headcount neighbor Home Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (+1); next-smaller Sports Medicine Podiatrist (-4)).

Next larger: Home Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (140) Next smaller: Sports Medicine Podiatrist (135)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1New York18
2North Carolina13
3California11
4Texas11
5Indiana9
6Colorado7
7Massachusetts7
8Michigan7

Sample Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Helen Present, P.T.Lakeland, FL
2Deborah Wojcik, MPT, MEDPhiladelphia, PA
3Christine Schroeder, PTSalem, VA
4Tanya Lapier, PTSpokane, WA
5Bryan Gibson, MPTSalt Lake City, UT
6Carol HughesHarrisburg, PA
7Christie Wamsley, MSPTRichmond, VA
8L. Robinson, PT, MSMemphis, TN
9Bindi Naik, PTReston, VA
10Dorothy Bida-Silver, PTSacramento, CA
11Christopher Corbo, LPTGolden, CO
12Tamara Papapetru, PTElk Grove, CA

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 139 NPIs list Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist as primary taxonomy across 34 states (peak New York, 18). That is 496th of 690 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Where can I still find a Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist?
Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist providers are listed in 34 states; Durham leads by raw city count. By national headcount this code sits just above Sports Medicine Podiatrist and just below Home Health Clinical Nurse Specialist. Browse by state or search by name.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,459 claims and $560K drug cost per prescriber; 78th of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.