Enterostomal Therapy Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
71 NPPES records list enterostomal therapy registered nurse as their primary taxonomy; Illinois and Minnesota have the most per resident. 1 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WE0900X means
163WE0900X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, Enterostomal Therapy, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 71 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WE0900X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Columbia has the most, 5
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WE0900X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 25 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 4 | 0.1 |
| Arizona | 1 | 0.0 |
| California | 10 | 0.0 |
| Colorado | 1 | 0.0 |
| Florida | 4 | 0.0 |
| Georgia | 1 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 7 | 0.1 |
| Kansas | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 0.0 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 1 | 0.0 |
| Minnesota | 6 | 0.1 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 0.0 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 2 | 0.0 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 0.0 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 0.1 |
| New York | 6 | 0.0 |
| Ohio | 2 | 0.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 0.0 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 0.1 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 0.0 |
| Texas | 3 | 0.0 |
| Utah | 2 | 0.1 |
| Virginia | 1 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 2 | 0.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WE0900X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank547th of 688 specialties by records (0% of all)
- In its family50th of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 0% of the family
- Part D prescribers1 (1.4% of records)
- Part D claims26 a year per prescriber, on average (455th of 496)
- Industry payments1 physicians paid $46 in 2024, $46 each on average
- Concentration6 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of enterostomal therapy registered nurse records
- Cynthia CunninghamBirmingham, AL1285057349
- Jessie Dickerson, RN, MSN, CWON, CFNNBirmingham, AL1679661037
- Zina Floyd, WOCNTuskegee, AL1629154331
- Opal Watson, RN, MSN, CWOCNMontgomery, AL1770811366
- Sharon MauricePhoenix, AZ1235684846
- Debbie Hill, R.N.,E.T.Santa Monica, CA1497033641
- Cynthia Yarberry, MS, RN, WOCNLong Beach, CA1497843833
- Linda Edgar, RN WOCNLong Beach, CA1366532731
- Thanuttha Tiensawang, R.N.Canoga Park, CA1376703603
- Gretchen Pitti, RN, CWONHuntington Beach, CA1447575980
- Madolor King, RNTustin, CA1013533116
- Armida Lucas, RN, CNS,CWOCNOakland, CA1881812881
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Why is Enterostomal Therapy Registered Nurse a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 71 NPIs list Enterostomal Therapy Registered Nurse as primary taxonomy across 26 states (peak California, 10). That is 547th of 688 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Enterostomal Therapy Registered Nurse NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 paid Enterostomal Therapy Registered Nurse physicians totaling $46 (2 payments; average $46, 451st of 470 by average). Presence is not a quality judgment; thin specialties often have sparse payment rows.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Enterostomal Therapy Registered Nurse NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 26 claims and $512 drug cost per prescriber; 455th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.