NUCC taxonomy code
282N00000X - General Acute Care Hospital
282N00000X is the NUCC provider taxonomy code for General Acute Care Hospital (organizations). 15,019 providers in our latest NPPES snapshot list it as their primary taxonomy.
Code breakdown
Definition
An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.
Definition from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set.
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Source: CMS NPPES (public data). Snapshot 2026-07-13.