Independent Duty Corpsman providers in the U.S.
3,041 NPPES records list independent duty corpsman as their primary taxonomy, about 0.9 per 100,000 residents; Hawaii and Connecticut 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 1710I1002X means
1710I1002X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Military Health Care Provider, Independent Duty Corpsman, in the grouping Other Service Providers. 3,041 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A Navy Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) is an active duty Sailor who has successfully completed one of the Navy's specific IDC training programs. IDCs are formally trained and educated to perform primary medical care and minor surgical services in a variety of health care and non-health care settings worldwide under indirect physician supervision. IDCs provide care to Department of Defense operational forces and other supporting forces such as contractors and foreign nationals.
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 1710I1002X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
San Diego has the most, 1,021
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1710I1002X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 43 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 8 | 0.2 |
| Alaska | 14 | 1.9 |
| Arizona | 7 | 0.1 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 0.0 |
| California | 1,403 | 3.6 |
| Colorado | 2 | 0.0 |
| Connecticut | 198 | 5.5 |
| District of Columbia | 15 | 2.2 |
| Florida | 116 | 0.5 |
| Georgia | 44 | 0.4 |
| Hawaii | 80 | 5.6 |
| Idaho | 1 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 34 | 0.3 |
| Indiana | 4 | 0.1 |
| Kansas | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 0.1 |
| Louisiana | 16 | 0.3 |
| Maine | 9 | 0.6 |
| Maryland | 55 | 0.9 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 0.1 |
| Michigan | 14 | 0.1 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 0.1 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 47 | 1.6 |
| Missouri | 3 | 0.0 |
| Nevada | 2 | 0.1 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 0.4 |
| New Jersey | 10 | 0.1 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 0.1 |
| New York | 16 | 0.1 |
| North Carolina | 336 | 3.1 |
| Ohio | 11 | 0.1 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 0.1 |
| Oregon | 12 | 0.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | 0.1 |
| Rhode Island | 22 | 2.0 |
| South Carolina | 30 | 0.6 |
| Tennessee | 18 | 0.3 |
| Texas | 68 | 0.2 |
| Utah | 1 | 0.0 |
| Virginia | 310 | 3.6 |
| Washington | 83 | 1.1 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 0.1 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 0.3 |
In federal data
- NUCC code1710I1002X · Military Health Care Provider
- Size rank163rd of 688 specialties by records (0.04% of all)
- In its family1st of 3 Military Health Care Provider codes, 46.3% of the family
- Part D prescribers1 (under 0.1% of records)
- Part D claims23 a year per prescriber, on average (463rd of 496)
- Concentration2 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 independent duty corpsman records
- Aide' Marcontell, HS1Anchorage, AK1306971650
- Suzette Gibson, IDHSJber, AK1003603663
- Caroline Finney, CHPAnchorage, AK1336371574
- Jedidiah Johnson, HS1, IDCHomer, AK1114000130
- Eugene Pryka, INDEPENDENT DUTY HSKodiak, AK1235800749
- Amanda LawrenceKodiak, AK1659155216
- Elaine JergonsKodiak, AK1689727539
- Adam CraveyKodiak, AK1609914449
- Juan GuevaraKodiak, AK1598807588
- Paul Cavalier, IDHSKodiak, AK1730843673
- Nathan Goodrich, IDHSValdez, AK1588327258
- Molly Leser, IDHSValdez, AK1932916558
- John WendelschaeferJuneau, AK1730223462
- Todd WilsonSitka, AK1578140349
- Kedrick ClepperBirmingham, AL1982560256
- Michael Watson, SF-IDCEnterprise, AL1447669692
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Independent Duty Corpsman headcount concentrate?
3,041 Independent Duty Corpsman NPIs span 45 states; California alone holds 1,403. Top metros include San Diego, CA; Camp Lejeune, NC; Groton, CT; Camp Pendleton, CA. Nationally this is 163rd of 688 NUCC codes.
Where can I find an Independent Duty Corpsman provider?
Independent Duty Corpsman providers are listed in 45 states; San Diego leads by raw city count. By national headcount this code sits just above Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse and just below Maternal & Fetal Medicine Physician. Browse by state or search by name.
How heavy is Independent Duty Corpsman Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Independent Duty Corpsman NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 23 claims and $307 drug cost per prescriber; 463rd 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.