1223P0106X — Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Dentistry

Grouping

Dental Providers

Classification

Dentist

Specialization

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Section

Individual

Definition

The specialty of dentistry and discipline of pathology that deals with the nature, identification, and management of diseases affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions. It is a science that investigates the causes, processes, and effects of these diseases. The practice of oral and maxillofacial pathology includes research and diagnosis of diseases using clinical, radiographic, microscopic, biochemical, or other examinations.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Dentist

These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.

• 122300000XDentist
• 1223D0001XDental Public Health
• 1223D0004XDental Anesthesiology
• 1223E0200XEndodontics
• 1223G0001XGeneral Practice
• 1223P0221XPediatric Dentistry
• 1223P0300XPeriodontics
• 1223P0700XProsthodontics
• 1223S0112XOral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• 1223X0008XOral and Maxillofacial Radiology
• 1223X0400XOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
• 1223X2210XOrofacial Pain
• 125Q00000XOral Medicine