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NPI Registry Search Criteria Page
Individual Search criteria for
individuals are used to find NPPES records for individual providers.
Wild card searches are permitted for First Name, Last Name, and City
fields. When a user conducts a wild card search, they are not required
to type a complete entry into these fields. Instead, the user may enter
at least two characters followed by an asterisk (*), as in “Jo*” or
“Joh*” to search for “John.” Descriptions of the fields that may be
entered as search parameters follow:
- NPI: The
unique, 10-digit National Provider Identifier assigned to the
provider. If the NPI is entered as a search criterion, the record
associated with the NPI will be displayed if it is found regardless of
whether the provider is an individual or organization.
- First Name:
If this field is used, at least two characters must be entered. This
field allows the following special characters: ampersand, apostrophe,
colon, comma, forward slash, hyphen, left and right parentheses,
period, pound sign, quotation mark, and semi-colon.
- Last Name:
If this field is used, at least two characters must be entered. This
field allows the following special characters: ampersand, apostrophe,
colon, comma, forward slash, hyphen, left and right parentheses,
period, pound sign, quotation mark, and semi-colon.
- Practice Address
City: If this field is used, at least two characters must be
entered. This field allows the following special characters:
ampersand, apostrophe, colon, comma, forward slash, hyphen, left and
right parentheses, period, pound sign, quotation mark, and semi-colon.
- Practice Address
State: This field cannot be used as the only search criterion.
If this field is used, at least one other field must be populated.
Select the desired state from the drop down list.
- Practice Address
Zip: This field will search the zip code of the practice
location.
- Security Image:
Users must enter the value shown in the security image
in order to continue with the NPI search. The value entered must be
case sensitive.
If attempting to search for a record with a Military Address
enter either APO or FPO into the City field and leave the State drop down blank.
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