Vijaya Chelikani MD
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1528686474 is registered to Vijaya Chelikani MD, a Nephrology Physician practising at 1019 N Lafayette St Ste 1 in Shelby, North Carolina. Nephrology Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. Vijaya Chelikani MD has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2020.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 1 PECOS enrollment record (with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 473 Nephrology Physician providers on file in North Carolina.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Medicare enrollment
This provider holds a Medicare enrollment on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20250731001890NephrologyNC
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Vijaya Chelikani MD accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Vijaya Chelikani MD directly at (704) 481-7904.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1528686474 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Nephrology Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (704) 481-7904.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Vijaya Chelikani MD is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 473 Nephrology Physician providers are registered in North Carolina, and Vijaya Chelikani MD is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.