Phlebology Physician
484 active US providers register Phlebology Physician as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.01% of every provider in the registry, and the 498th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 202K00000X
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Phlebology
- Active providers
- 484
- States covered
- 44 of 51
What the code means
Phlebology is the medical discipline that involves the diagnosis and treatment of venous disorders, including spider veins, varicose veins, chronic venous insufficiency, venous leg ulcers, congenital venous abnormalities, venous thromboembolism and other disorders of venous origin. A phlebologist has attained a minimum of 50 hours of CME units in phlebology-related courses, and is knowledgeable of and trained in a variety of diagnostic techniques including physical examination, venous imaging techniques such as duplex ultrasound, CT and MR, plethysmographic techniques and laboratory evaluation related to venous thromboembolism. The phlebologist is also trained in a variety of therapeutic interventions, which may include compression, sclerotherapy, cutaneous vascular laser, endovenous thermoablation procedures (laser and radiofrequency) endovenous chemical ablation, surgical procedures (e.g., ambulatory phlebectomy, venous ligation), vasoactive medications and the management of venous thromboembolism.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 59 | |
| California | 39 | |
| Illinois | 38 | |
| Texas | 31 | |
| Arizona | 22 | |
| South Carolina | 22 | |
| New York | 18 | |
| Georgia | 17 | |
| Missouri | 17 | |
| Ohio | 17 | |
| Maryland | 16 | |
| North Carolina | 15 | |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | |
| Tennessee | 13 | |
| New Jersey | 10 |
Showing the 15 largest of 44 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
262 of these are people and 222 are organisations, so 46% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2012, and 154 registered in the last five years, 32% 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.
- CHICAGO, IL9
- GREENVILLE, SC7
- MESA, AZ6
- ALBUQUERQUE, NM6
- LAS VEGAS, NV6
- PHOENIX, AZ5
- WINSTON SALEM, NC5
- HOUSTON, TX5
- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL4
- WASILLA, AK4
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Phlebology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Family Medicine Physician | 47 | 9.7% |
| Internal Medicine Physician | 30 | 6.2% |
| Vascular Surgery Physician | 24 | 5.0% |
| Emergency Medicine Physician | 24 | 5.0% |
| Surgery Physician | 22 | 4.5% |
| Anesthesiology Physician | 20 | 4.1% |
| Specialist | 13 | 2.7% |
| General Practice Physician | 9 | 1.9% |
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.