Wound Care Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
514 NPPES records list wound care registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 0.1 per 100,000 residents; South Dakota and Alaska have the most per resident. 19 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WW0000X means
163WW0000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, Wound Care, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 514 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 163WW0000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Minneapolis has the most, 10
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WW0000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 49 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 2 | 0.0 |
| Alaska | 5 | 0.7 |
| Arizona | 11 | 0.1 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 0.1 |
| California | 47 | 0.1 |
| Colorado | 15 | 0.3 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 0.1 |
| Delaware | 3 | 0.3 |
| Florida | 29 | 0.1 |
| Georgia | 13 | 0.1 |
| Hawaii | 5 | 0.3 |
| Idaho | 2 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 22 | 0.2 |
| Indiana | 4 | 0.1 |
| Iowa | 4 | 0.1 |
| Kansas | 7 | 0.2 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 0.1 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 0.2 |
| Maine | 7 | 0.5 |
| Maryland | 2 | 0.0 |
| Massachusetts | 19 | 0.3 |
| Michigan | 10 | 0.1 |
| Minnesota | 22 | 0.4 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 0.2 |
| Missouri | 8 | 0.1 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 4 | 0.4 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 0.2 |
| Nevada | 5 | 0.2 |
| New Jersey | 11 | 0.1 |
| New Mexico | 9 | 0.4 |
| New York | 25 | 0.1 |
| North Carolina | 12 | 0.1 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 0.4 |
| Ohio | 23 | 0.2 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 0.1 |
| Oregon | 10 | 0.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | 0.1 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 0.1 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 0.1 |
| South Dakota | 7 | 0.8 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 0.1 |
| Texas | 32 | 0.1 |
| Utah | 3 | 0.1 |
| Vermont | 3 | 0.5 |
| Virginia | 12 | 0.1 |
| Washington | 14 | 0.2 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 0.2 |
| Wisconsin | 20 | 0.3 |
| Wyoming | 3 | 0.5 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WW0000X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank335th of 688 specialties by records (0.01% of all)
- In its family26th of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 0.2% of the family
- Part D prescribers19 (3.7% of records)
- Part D claims704 a year per prescriber, on average (131st of 496)
- Industry payments17 physicians paid $16K in 2024, $922 each on average
- Concentration11 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 wound care registered nurse records
- Cheryl Vichkon, RN, BSN, CWON, CFCNSoldotna, AK1639497407
- Ruth Hunting, RN, WCCSoldotna, AK1720335912
- Zetta Byrd, RNSoldotna, AK1497008437
- Jacqueline Michels, RNSoldotna, AK1710322979
- Lawrie MurraySoldotna, AK1700289774
- Debbie Donald, RN, WCOSOdenville, AL1841125424
- Shelby Leverett, RNBirmingham, AL1255102554
- Treva Churchwell, RN WONBenton, AR1891402863
- Suzanne Cothran, RNPHazen, AR1376892687
- Dawn Bearden, RN, CWS, CSWD-CNorth Little Rock, AR1962169920
- Rebecca Stewart, APRN, FNP-CFayetteville, AR1407552557
- Ejiria WalkerPhoenix, AZ1336002583
- Michelle Rahden, RN, BSNScottsdale, AZ1649159104
- Ana Tejada, RNScottsdale, AZ1700607884
- Jody Wolfe, RN, CWOCNLaveen, AZ1396507307
- Annette KieturPeoria, AZ1578151452
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Wound Care Registered Nurse's mid-pack national roster?
514 CMS-registered Wound Care Registered Nurse providers sit across 52 states; California leads with 47. Leading metros: Minneapolis, MN; Palo Alto, CA; Milwaukee, WI; Soldotna, AK. Rank 335th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Wound Care Registered Nurse show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 17 Wound Care Registered Nurse physicians receiving $16K across 122 payments (average $922; 237th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Wound Care Registered Nurse NPIs, 19 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 704 claims and $60K drug cost per prescriber; 131st 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.