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Option 1 Legacy ID Required<br />

Option 2<br />

Option 3<br />

Option 4<br />

Dual ID<br />

NPI per Mandate<br />

NPI per Mandate. Legacy ID also<br />

allowed.<br />

Availity’s NPI Options<br />

NPI allowed<br />

Legacy identifier required<br />

Allows all of the following scenarios:<br />

NPI only<br />

Legacy identifier only<br />

NPI and Legacy identifiers<br />

NPI required as Primary Identifier.<br />

Tax ID required as a secondary identifier on claims in 2010AA or 2010AB.<br />

Only specific non-Legacy qualifiers allowed as secondary identifiers in certain<br />

provider loops.<br />

4 = Option 3 plus:<br />

Any other secondary identifiers as allowed in the Implementation Guide will also be<br />

accepted.<br />

4* = Option 3 plus:<br />

Tax IDs (EI, SY, TJ) as allowed in the Implementation Guide will also be accepted<br />

as secondary identifiers.<br />

4 # = Option 3 plus:<br />

Location Numbers (LU) as allowed in the Implementation Guide will also be<br />

accepted as secondary identifiers.<br />

*A legacy identifier is any identifier that payers used to identify a provider as a health care provider before the NPI mandate. Legacy identifiers<br />

include OSCAR, NSC, PINs, UPINs, Blue Cross provider numbers, and other payer-designated identifiers.<br />

(+) Indicates the payer has requested a front-end taxonomy code edit.<br />

<strong>Availity®</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Information</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) & Web Solutions Companion Guides<br />

For more information on NPIs and Atypical Providers, click http://www.availity.com/about-availity/what-is-availity/regulatory-compliance/NPI/<br />

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