✓ Board-Certified Pediatrician (Infant, Child & Adolescent Medicine) (208000000X) ✓ HHS OIG Screened Clear 🩺 Entity Type 1 (Individual)

NAZEM ALZALAM, M.D. (NPI #1386670941)

Pediatrics • CHICAGO RIDGE, IL • Status: Active Federal Registration

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CMS-1500 Box 24J / 33a • NPI
1386670941
Type 1 Individual Rendering/Ordering
HIPAA NUCC Taxonomy • CMS Code
208000000X (CMS 37)
Board-Certified Pediatrician (Infant, Child & Adolescent Medicine)
Box 32 Service Location & ZIP+4
9830 RIDGELAND AVE STE 2, CHICAGO RIDGE, IL, 60415-2668
✓ 9-Digit EDI 837 ZIP+4 (60415-2668)
Practice Phone & Referral Fax
Fax: (708) 599-8006
✓ HHS OIG LEIE Sanction Screening — VERIFIED CLEAR: NPI 1386670941 (NAZEM ALZALAM, M.D.) has 0 active federal exclusions across all 84,224 HHS OIG LEIE sanction records (Database Verified: 2026-11-11).

CMS Medicare Order & Referring PECOS Eligibility

This practitioner does not currently appear in the CMS individual Order & Referring PECOS file (may practice in pediatrics, commercial-only networks, or hospital-employed settings).

Official CMS NPPES Credential & Practice Profile

10-Digit NPI Number1386670941 (NPI-1 Individual Practitioner)
Provider / Legal NameNAZEM ALZALAM, M.D.
Plain-English SpecialtyBoard-Certified Pediatrician (Infant, Child & Adolescent Medicine)
NUCC Code: 208000000X (Pediatrics)
Certifying / Licensing BodyAmerican Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
Practice Location Address9830 RIDGELAND AVE STE 2, CHICAGO RIDGE, IL, 60415-2668
Practice Telephone / FaxTel: (708) 599-8000 | Fax: (708) 599-8006
Administrative Mailing Address8550 S HARLEM AVE STE B, BRIDGEVIEW, IL, 60455-1775
Enumeration & Last SyncEnumerated: 2006-06-24 | CMS Record Updated: 2024-10-25

Clinic Location, Accessibility & Directions

📍 Practice Location & Patient Access

9830 RIDGELAND AVE STE 2, CHICAGO RIDGE, IL, 60415-2668

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Plain-English Taxonomy & CMS Crosswalk (208000000X)

What Does Taxonomy Code 208000000X Mean?

In the HIPAA National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) classification, code 208000000X translates to:
"Board-Certified Pediatrician (Infant, Child & Adolescent Medicine)"

CMS-1500 Medicare Specialty Crosswalk: CMS Code 37 (Physician/Pediatric Medicine)
Certifying / Accrediting Authority: American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
Clinical Scope: Newborn jaundice screening, routine childhood vaccinations, developmental milestones, pediatric fevers, ear infections, asthma, or acute gastroenteritis.

Specialty Clinical Procedures & Therapeutic Classes

Standard Scope of Care (NAZEM ALZALAM, M.D.)

Typical CPT / Diagnostic Procedures:
  • Comprehensive Well-Child Developmental & Growth Visits (CPT 99381–99394)
  • Childhood Immunization Administration (Rotavirus, MMR, DTaP, HPV, PCV)
  • Neonatal Bilirubin & Jaundice Transcutaneous/Serum Screening
  • Rapid Streptococcal, RSV & Influenza Point-of-Care Diagnostics
  • Pediatric Asthma Nebulization & Spirometry Evaluation
Common Therapeutic Classes:
  • Amoxicillin / Amoxicillin-Clavulanate (Pediatric Otitis Media & Sinusitis)
  • WHO Low-Osmolarity Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) & Zinc Sulfate
  • Albuterol Sulfate Inhalers & Fluticasone Pediatric Inhalers
  • Weight-Based Acetaminophen & Ibuprofen Antipyretic Suspensions

All Registered NUCC Taxonomies & State Licenses

Taxonomy Code & Plain-English DescriptionState License & Primary Status
208000000X — Pediatrics
Plain English: Board-Certified Pediatrician (Infant, Child & Adolescent Medicine)
State: IL | License: 036087470 | Primary: Yes (Primary)
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