Interpreter
4,543 active US providers register Interpreter as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.05% of every provider in the registry, and the 196th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 171R00000X
- Grouping
- Other Service Providers
- Classification
- Interpreter
- Active providers
- 4,543
- States covered
- 51 of 51
What the code means
An Interpreter is a person who translates oral communication between two or more people. This includes translating from one language to another or interpreting sign language. An interpreter is necessary for medical care when the patient does not speak the language of the health care provider or when the patient has a disability involving spoken language.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 1,179 | |
| California | 442 | |
| Colorado | 379 | |
| Illinois | 354 | |
| Florida | 273 | |
| Minnesota | 244 | |
| Texas | 206 | |
| Oregon | 152 | |
| New York | 136 | |
| Virginia | 134 | |
| Utah | 117 | |
| Arizona | 69 | |
| North Carolina | 67 | |
| Georgia | 55 | |
| Ohio | 54 |
Showing the 15 largest of 51 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
4,070 of these are people and 473 are organisations, so 10% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2024, and 2,899 registered in the last five years, 64% of the current population.
That is a fast-growing code. A population where a large share registered recently is either a genuinely expanding field or a category NPPES added late, and the taxonomy definition above usually tells you which.
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.
- CHICAGO, IL129
- SEATTLE, WA109
- YAKIMA, WA67
- DENVER, CO64
- SALT LAKE CITY, UT62
- PASCO, WA60
- VANCOUVER, WA59
- SAINT PAUL, MN56
- MINNEAPOLIS, MN55
- KENT, WA54
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Interpreter 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Contractor | 18 | 0.4% |
| Case Manager/Care Coordinator | 15 | 0.3% |
| Community Health Worker | 11 | 0.2% |
| Developmental Therapist | 6 | 0.1% |
| Driver | 6 | 0.1% |
| Mental Health Counselor | 5 | 0.1% |
| Social Worker | 4 | 0.1% |
| Non-emergency Medical Transport (VAN) | 4 | 0.1% |
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.