Otolaryngology Physician
14,634 active US providers register Otolaryngology Physician as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.2% of every provider in the registry, and the 104th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 207Y00000X
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Otolaryngology
- Active providers
- 14,634
- States covered
- 51 of 51
What the code means
An otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon provides comprehensive medical and surgical care for patients with diseases and disorders that affect the ears, nose, throat, the respiratory and upper alimentary systems and related structures of the head and neck. An otolaryngologist diagnoses and provides medical and/or surgical therapy or prevention of diseases, allergies, neoplasms, deformities, disorders and/or injuries of the ears, nose, sinuses, throat, respiratory and upper alimentary systems, face, jaws and the other head and neck systems. Head and neck oncology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and the treatment of disorders of hearing and voice are fundamental areas of expertise.
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 | 1,512 | |
| Texas | 1,028 | |
| New York | 950 | |
| Florida | 924 | |
| Pennsylvania | 669 | |
| Illinois | 592 | |
| Ohio | 542 | |
| North Carolina | 516 | |
| Georgia | 451 | |
| Michigan | 422 | |
| Massachusetts | 418 | |
| Virginia | 368 | |
| New Jersey | 365 | |
| Maryland | 364 | |
| Washington | 353 |
Showing the 15 largest of 51 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
11,381 of these are people and 3,253 are organisations, so 22% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2007, and 1,027 registered in the last five years, 7% 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, NY273
- HOUSTON, TX191
- BOSTON, MA179
- CHICAGO, IL177
- PHILADELPHIA, PA161
- LOS ANGELES, CA155
- BALTIMORE, MD107
- SEATTLE, WA100
- CHARLESTON, SC96
- SAINT LOUIS, MO94
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 741 | 5.1% |
| Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck (Otolaryngology) Physician | 342 | 2.3% |
| Facial Plastic Surgery Physician | 302 | 2.1% |
| Otolaryngic Allergy Physician | 298 | 2.0% |
| Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery Physician | 284 | 1.9% |
| Pediatric Otolaryngology Physician | 278 | 1.9% |
| Specialist | 256 | 1.7% |
| Otology & Neurotology Physician | 204 | 1.4% |
Nearby specialties
Other taxonomies NUCC files under Otolaryngology.
- Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery Physician1,243
- Facial Plastic Surgery Physician979
- Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck (Otolaryngology) Physician893
- Pediatric Otolaryngology Physician842
- Otology & Neurotology Physician527
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.