Health Information Specialist/Technologist providers in the U.S.
253 NPPES records list health information specialist/technologist as their primary taxonomy, about 0.1 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Oregon 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 246Y00000X means
246Y00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Specialist/Technologist, Health Information, in the grouping Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers. 253 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An individual with a high school diploma, on-the-job experience and coding education from seminars or college classes who passes a national certification examination in either inpatient and outpatient facility services coding, or physician services coding.
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 246Y00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Washington has the most, 7
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246Y00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 40 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5 | 0.1 |
| Arizona | 5 | 0.1 |
| Arkansas | 7 | 0.2 |
| California | 44 | 0.1 |
| Colorado | 9 | 0.2 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 0.0 |
| Delaware | 1 | 0.1 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | 1.0 |
| Florida | 15 | 0.1 |
| Georgia | 13 | 0.1 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 0.1 |
| Idaho | 1 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 13 | 0.1 |
| Indiana | 3 | 0.0 |
| Iowa | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kansas | 1 | 0.0 |
| Louisiana | 3 | 0.1 |
| Maryland | 3 | 0.0 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 0.1 |
| Michigan | 6 | 0.1 |
In federal data
- NUCC code246Y00000X · Specialist/Technologist, Health Information
- Size rank417th of 688 specialties by records (0% of all)
- In its family1st of 4 Specialist/Technologist, Health Information codes, 57.8% of the family
- Part D prescribers1 (0.4% of records)
- Part D claims1,118 a year per prescriber, on average (68th of 496)
- Industry payments1 physicians paid $17 in 2024, $17 each on average
- Concentration8 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 health information specialist/technologist records
- Monisha WilliamsCenter Point, AL1427766047
- Sarah SteeleBirmingham, AL1215897301
- Renee Brumby, CPCMontgomery, AL1528294048
- Sheila Lewis, SOCIAL SERVICE ASSISFort Rucker, AL1891963310
- Katherine Bonnette, CONTACT REPRESENTATIFort Rucker, AL1497134043
- Barry HudspethLittle Rock, AR1023281425
- Laura Spurlock, MHPPParagould, AR1477788925
- Ashlee RossParagould, AR1760711865
- Judy WillbanksParagould, AR1255653804
- Amanda Sowards, ECDTParagould, AR1376865915
- Stephanie Dunivan, BSIDSParagould, AR1093157125
- Matthew Nickle, P.T.Springdale, AR1306891965
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Health Information Specialist/Technologist's mid-pack national roster?
253 CMS-registered Health Information Specialist/Technologist providers sit across 41 states; California leads with 44. Rank 417th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Health Information Specialist/Technologist show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 Health Information Specialist/Technologist physicians receiving $17 across 1 payments (average $17; 468th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Health Information Specialist/Technologist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,118 claims and $79K drug cost per prescriber; 68th 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.