Geriatric Physical Therapist
2,240 active US providers register Geriatric Physical Therapist as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.02% of every provider in the registry, and the 279th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 2251G0304X
- Grouping
- Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
- Classification
- Physical Therapist
- Specialization
- Geriatrics
- Active providers
- 2,240
- States covered
- 51 of 51
What the code means
A licensed physical therapist, including but not limited to an individual who is a Board Certified Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy, who has demonstrated specialized knowledge and skill in the comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment and evidence-based management of movement in aging adults. This includes, but is not limited to, specialized knowledge in and consideration of normal age-related changes and pathological manifestations across all systems; cognition and mental health; polypharmacy; fall risk mitigation; bone health; healthy and active aging, and socioeconomic and health policy issues affecting aging adults. The geriatric physical therapist is an integral part of the interdisciplinary geriatric team and serves as an advocate for the highest level of well-being for the older adult.
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 | 221 | |
| Florida | 166 | |
| Texas | 161 | |
| New York | 153 | |
| New Jersey | 111 | |
| Pennsylvania | 103 | |
| Illinois | 81 | |
| Michigan | 81 | |
| North Carolina | 80 | |
| Ohio | 80 | |
| Washington | 71 | |
| Maryland | 67 | |
| Massachusetts | 64 | |
| Tennessee | 56 | |
| Wisconsin | 50 |
Showing the 15 largest of 51 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
2,064 of these are people and 176 are organisations, so 8% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2014, and 418 registered in the last five years, 19% of the current population.
That is close to the pace of the registry as a whole.
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.
- CHERRY HILL, NJ25
- CANTON, MI16
- AUSTIN, TX15
- SAN DIEGO, CA15
- SEATTLE, WA13
- BALTIMORE, MD13
- LOS ANGELES, CA13
- NEW YORK, NY11
- BROOKLYN, NY10
- TOWSON, MD10
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Geriatric Physical Therapist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapist | 168 | 7.5% |
| Orthopedic Physical Therapist | 70 | 3.1% |
| Neurology Physical Therapist | 30 | 1.3% |
| Pediatric Physical Therapist | 22 | 1.0% |
| Speech-Language Pathologist | 21 | 0.9% |
| Occupational Therapist | 19 | 0.8% |
| Sports Physical Therapist | 18 | 0.8% |
| Gerontology Occupational Therapist | 13 | 0.6% |
Nearby specialties
Other taxonomies NUCC files under Physical Therapist.
- Neurology Physical Therapist1,217
- Sports Physical Therapist1,186
- Pediatric Physical Therapist7,523
- Orthopedic Physical Therapist12,428
- Physical Therapist293,966
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.