NAME

Validate::NPI - Validates National Provider Identifier (NPI) numbers

VERSION

version 0.03

SYNOPSIS

$fValidated=validate_npi('1234567893');    # will return 1 (true)

METHODS

validate_npi($value,$msg)

Call with a scalar value for validation and an optional array reference for an explanation of why validation failed. Returns 1 (true) if the NPI validates correctly.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Adapted from a code fragment found at http://javatechnicals.blogspot.com/2009/03/npi-check-digit-validation-peoplecode.html

AUTHOR

Stephen Flitman <sflitman@xenoscience.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

To install Validate::NPI, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Validate::NPI

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Validate::NPI

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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