335U00000X — Organ Procurement Organization

Grouping

Suppliers

Classification

Organ Procurement Organization

Specialization

None — this code IS the classification

Section

Non-Individual

Definition

A federally designated organization that works with hospital personnel in retrieval of organs for transplantation. The federal government designates an OPO's service area and the hospitals with which an OPO is to establish working relationships.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.