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UPIN

Medical billing & coding glossary · all terms

Legacy term. The Unique Physician Identification Number was a six-character Medicare identifier replaced by the NPI for standard transactions; it may still appear in historical records.

You may encounter UPIN in historical claims, policy documents, or archived records. Use the current equivalent above for present-day work, and verify payer guidance for the applicable date of service.

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