Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
36,773 active US providers register Orthopaedic Surgery Physician as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.4% of every provider in the registry, and the 54th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 207X00000X
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Active providers
- 36,773
- States covered
- 51 of 51
What the code means
An orthopaedic surgeon is trained in the preservation, investigation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. An orthopaedic surgeon is involved with the care of patients whose musculoskeletal problems include congenital deformities, trauma, infections, tumors, metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow in children and adults. An orthopaedic surgeon is also concerned with primary and secondary muscular problems and the effects of central or peripheral nervous system lesions of the musculoskeletal system.
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 | 3,514 | |
| Texas | 2,489 | |
| Florida | 2,487 | |
| New York | 2,018 | |
| Pennsylvania | 1,715 | |
| North Carolina | 1,422 | |
| Michigan | 1,365 | |
| Illinois | 1,361 | |
| Ohio | 1,294 | |
| Georgia | 1,160 | |
| New Jersey | 1,136 | |
| Massachusetts | 901 | |
| Maryland | 870 | |
| Virginia | 844 | |
| Colorado | 806 |
Showing the 15 largest of 51 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
24,912 of these are people and 11,861 are organisations, so 32% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2007, and 3,394 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.
- NEW YORK, NY460
- CHICAGO, IL335
- HOUSTON, TX300
- BOSTON, MA287
- LOS ANGELES, CA273
- PHILADELPHIA, PA255
- SAN ANTONIO, TX218
- CHARLOTTE, NC215
- PHOENIX, AZ212
- BALTIMORE, MD204
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Orthopaedic Surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician | 2,387 | 6.5% |
| Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 1,594 | 4.3% |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician | 1,327 | 3.6% |
| Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician | 1,317 | 3.6% |
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician | 1,274 | 3.5% |
| Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician | 905 | 2.5% |
| Orthopaedic Trauma Physician | 811 | 2.2% |
| Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies | 652 | 1.8% |
Nearby specialties
Other taxonomies NUCC files under Orthopaedic Surgery.
- Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician4,315
- Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician3,372
- Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician3,372
- Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1,582
- Orthopaedic Trauma Physician1,046
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1,031
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.