Mental Health Occupational Therapist
573 active US providers register Mental Health Occupational Therapist as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.01% of every provider in the registry, and the 468th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 225XM0800X
- Grouping
- Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
- Classification
- Occupational Therapist
- Specialization
- Mental Health
- Active providers
- 573
- States covered
- 48 of 51
What the code means
Occupational therapists provide treatment for people recovering from a mental or physical illness to regain their independence and stability and to engage in normal daily occupations (work, home, family life, school, leisure). Occupational therapists provide particular emphasis on interventions that result in improved quality of life and decrease hospitalization.
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 | 132 | |
| Massachusetts | 45 | |
| New York | 36 | |
| Michigan | 26 | |
| Florida | 25 | |
| Oregon | 23 | |
| Ohio | 23 | |
| Illinois | 22 | |
| Minnesota | 18 | |
| North Carolina | 16 | |
| Maryland | 16 | |
| Virginia | 14 | |
| Washington | 12 | |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | |
| Texas | 11 |
Showing the 15 largest of 48 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
513 of these are people and 60 are organisations, so 10% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2020, and 265 registered in the last five years, 46% 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.
- LOS ANGELES, CA30
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA18
- CHICAGO, IL16
- NEW YORK, NY10
- SAN JOSE, CA8
- PORTLAND, OR8
- LAS VEGAS, NV8
- FINDLAY, OH8
- TORRANCE, CA6
- MIAMI, FL6
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Mental Health Occupational 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Occupational Therapist | 64 | 11.2% |
| Mental Health Counselor | 20 | 3.5% |
| Pediatric Occupational Therapist | 17 | 3.0% |
| Case Manager/Care Coordinator | 15 | 2.6% |
| Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist | 12 | 2.1% |
| Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 11 | 1.9% |
| Counselor | 9 | 1.6% |
| Rehabilitation Practitioner | 8 | 1.4% |
Nearby specialties
Other taxonomies NUCC files under Occupational Therapist.
- Neurorehabilitation Occupational Therapist727
- Gerontology Occupational Therapist895
- Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist2,676
- Hand Occupational Therapist3,483
- Pediatric Occupational Therapist16,870
- Occupational Therapist141,688
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.