taxonomy_description=Plastic+Surgery.
No auth required. result_count=200 means page cap hit; true total is higher.
Raw data: npi-counts-plastic-surgery.json ·
Memphis raw ·
Vermont raw ·
Script: npi-counts-plastic-surgery.ps1
taxonomy_description=Plastic+Surgery (NUCC 208200000X).
"Cosmetic Surgery" returns zero — it has no CMS taxonomy code. Facial plastic surgeons who trained through
ENT are in a separate string: Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck.
taxonomy_description=Cosmetic+Surgery returns 0 results.
"Cosmetic surgery" is a marketing term — there is no NUCC taxonomy code for it. Every physician
performing cosmetic procedures enumerates under their actual surgical specialty, most commonly
Plastic Surgery (208200000X). A second trap: facial plastic surgeons who trained through
Otolaryngology enumerate under Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck (207YX0007X) and
do not appear in a Plastic Surgery query at all.
Queried 2026-06-13 using taxonomy_description=Plastic+Surgery.
| Market | Records returned | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 200+ | Capped — highest density nationally |
| Los Angeles, CA | 200+ | Capped |
| Chicago, IL | 200+ | Capped |
| Houston, TX | 200+ | Capped |
| Nashville, TN | 83 | Complete count for city proper |
| Phoenix, AZ | 118 | Complete count |
| Memphis, TN | 43 | Complete count — see drill-down below |
| Vermont (statewide) | 16 | Complete statewide count |
| Wyoming (statewide) | 10 | Very sparse — query statewide |
Source: npi-counts-plastic-surgery.json, queried 2026-06-13.
208200000X — Plastic Surgery (core physician pool)2086S0122X — Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery207Y00000X — Otolaryngology (general ENT)207YX0007X — Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck163WS0121X — Registered Nurse, Plastic Surgery2086S0127X — Surgery, Trauma Surgery (also plastic-trained)| Taxonomy string | NUCC code | National sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Plastic Surgery |
208200000X | 200+ (capped) | Primary string — ABPS board-certified plastic surgeons; largest pool |
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
2086S0122X | 200+ (capped) | Separate NUCC code under Surgery parent — some surgeons carry this as primary; run separately and deduplicate |
Surgery of the Hand |
2086S0120X | 200+ (capped) | Includes plastic surgeons with hand fellowship — also includes orthopaedic and general surgery hand-fellowship grads |
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck |
207YX0007X | 200+ (capped) | ENT-trained facial plastic surgeons — separate from Plastic Surgery taxonomy; will NOT appear in Plastic Surgery query |
Cosmetic Surgery |
N/A | 0 results | Marketing term — no NUCC code exists; returns zero |
Source: npi-counts-plastic-surgery.json, queried 2026-06-13.
https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/?version=2.1
&taxonomy_description=Plastic+Surgery
&city=Memphis&state=TN&limit=200Returns ABPS-certified plastic surgeons (208200000X) as the primary group. The API's prefix-match behavior also pulls "Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck" records — verify primary taxonomy codes in the raw data if you need to segment by training path.
https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/?version=2.1
&taxonomy_description=Plastic+and+Reconstructive+Surgery
&city=Memphis&state=TN&limit=2005 Memphis providers carried this as their primary code. Deduplicate against pass 1 by NPI number to catch any surgeons who enumerate under the Surgery parent rather than the Plastic Surgery parent.
If your product covers facial reconstruction, rhinoplasty, or head-and-neck soft tissue applications,
add Plastic+Surgery+within+the+Head+%26+Neck as a third pass.
These are ENT-trained physicians — a separate professional society and training pathway from ABPS plastic surgery.
Plastic surgeons maintain office-based or outpatient surgery center practices — they are more geographically distributed than hospital-anchored specialties like radiation oncology.
"Cosmetic Surgery" is a marketing descriptor used by practices in patient-facing communications. It is not a recognized NUCC taxonomy code. Physicians who perform cosmetic procedures enumerate under their actual surgical specialty — most commonly Plastic Surgery (208200000X). Searching "Cosmetic Surgery" returns zero results and misses the entire category.
Facial plastic surgeons who trained through Otolaryngology and hold fellowship certification in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery enumerate under "Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck" (207YX0007X, parent: Otolaryngology). They do not appear in a Plastic Surgery query. Memphis returned 2 such providers. Nationally this string returns 200+ records — a meaningful population for products sold into facial reconstruction or rhinoplasty.
Both strings return data. Plastic Surgery (208200000X) is the primary ABPS board certification path and returns the largest pool. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2086S0122X) is a separate NUCC sub-code under the Surgery parent taxonomy — 5 Memphis records carried this code as primary. For a complete call list, run both and deduplicate by NPI number.
Plastic surgery is moderately concentrated — denser in urban markets, very sparse in rural states. Memphis returned 43 records; Vermont returned 16 statewide; Wyoming returned only 10 statewide. Compare to General Surgery, which hits the 200-record cap in Memphis. For a plastic surgery call list, even major metros return complete counts for the city proper rather than capping at 200.
Yes — a small number of non-physician records appear. Memphis returned 1 Registered Nurse,
Plastic Surgery (163WS0121X) among the 43 records. Filter enumeration_type=NPI-1 to
isolate individual providers, then verify credentials in the basic.credential field
of the raw JSON. Physician records carry MD, DO, or similar credential indicators.
Plastic surgeons are the decision-makers for implantable soft tissue products (breast implants, tissue expanders, facial implants, acellular dermal matrices), wound closure materials, fat grafting equipment, and aesthetic device platforms. General surgeons focus on different product categories. The plastic surgery call list is smaller and more targeted — 43 in Memphis vs. 200+ for general surgery — which means every contact matters more and list quality directly affects territory coverage.