171400000XCurrent NUCC CodeIndividual Providers

Health & Wellness Coach Providers

Other Service Providers → Health & Wellness Coach

8,122 active providers in NPISignal’s imported NPPES dataset report this code as their primary taxonomy.

NUCC Definition

Taxonomy code: 171400000X
Grouping: Other Service Providers
Classification: Health & Wellness Coach
NUCC display name: Health & Wellness Coach

The Health & Wellness Coach is trained in motivational theories, strategies, and communication techniques, which are used to assist patients to develop intrinsic motivation and obtain skills to create sustainable change for improved health and well-being. Health and wellness coaching is a patient-centered approach wherein patients at least partially determine their goals, use self-discovery or active learning processes together with content education to work toward their goals, and self-monitor behaviors to increase accountability, all within the context of an interpersonal relationship with a coach.

NUCC Source Notes

Source: National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching, www.nbhwc.org [1/1/2021: new]

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