1223S0112X — Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)

Grouping

Dental Providers

Classification

Dentist

Specialization

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Section

Individual

Definition

The specialty of dentistry which includes the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.

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
• 1223P0106XOral and Maxillofacial Pathology
• 1223P0221XPediatric Dentistry
• 1223P0300XPeriodontics
• 1223P0700XProsthodontics
• 1223X0008XOral and Maxillofacial Radiology
• 1223X0400XOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
• 1223X2210XOrofacial Pain
• 125Q00000XOral Medicine