Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine Physician
1,628 active US providers register Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine Physician as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.02% of every provider in the registry, and the 322nd largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 207ZP0105X
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Pathology
- Specialization
- Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine
- Active providers
- 1,628
- States covered
- 49 of 51
What the code means
A pathologist deals with the causes and nature of disease and contributes to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment through knowledge gained by the laboratory application of the biologic, chemical and physical sciences. A pathologist uses information gathered from the microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cells and body fluids, and from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions for the diagnosis, exclusion and monitoring of disease.
Definition quoted verbatim from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 25.1. Not paraphrased.
Where they are
Counted by practice location, not by mailing address or by licence state. A provider practising across a state line is counted where they practise.
| State | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| California | 162 | |
| Pennsylvania | 115 | |
| New York | 110 | |
| Florida | 94 | |
| Texas | 88 | |
| Illinois | 85 | |
| Wisconsin | 83 | |
| Minnesota | 80 | |
| Washington | 65 | |
| Massachusetts | 57 | |
| Ohio | 47 | |
| Indiana | 42 | |
| Arizona | 41 | |
| North Carolina | 40 | |
| Maryland | 37 |
Showing the 15 largest of 49 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
1,349 of these are people and 279 are organisations, so 17% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2006, and 143 registered in the last five years, 9% of the current population.
That is a slow-growing code, which usually means an established field replacing retirements rather than expanding.
Where the practices are
By practice-location city. City counts are noisier than state counts, because a large employer files one address for many providers.
- MADISON, WI58
- ROCHESTER, MN58
- PHILADELPHIA, PA57
- SEATTLE, WA43
- CHICAGO, IL40
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA39
- BOSTON, MA36
- INDIANAPOLIS, IN33
- SCOTTSDALE, AZ32
- HOUSTON, TX30
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine Physician most often carry these secondary taxonomies as well. This is the closest thing the registry has to a map of which specialties overlap in practice, and it is not published anywhere else.
| Also listed | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician | 269 | 16.5% |
| Anatomic Pathology Physician | 72 | 4.4% |
| Cytopathology Physician | 71 | 4.4% |
| Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician | 68 | 4.2% |
| Hematology (Pathology) Physician | 57 | 3.5% |
| Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 47 | 2.9% |
| Clinical Pathology Physician | 41 | 2.5% |
| Molecular Genetic Pathology (Pathology) Physician | 34 | 2.1% |
Nearby specialties
Other taxonomies NUCC files under Pathology.
- Forensic Pathology Physician595
- Cytopathology Physician587
- Dermatopathology (Pathology) Physician563
- Clinical Pathology Physician518
- Hematology (Pathology) Physician515
- Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician438
Looking up a specific provider
These counts come from the monthly NPPES file. To check one provider, use their NPI: the lookup reads the live registry and shows whether the identifier is still active, which the monthly file cannot tell you about the last few weeks.
Counts from npidata_pfile_20050523-20260712.csv, built 2026-08-09. Primary taxonomy only, deactivated identifiers excluded.