163W00000X — Registered Nurse
- Grouping
- Nursing Service Providers
- Classification
- Registered Nurse
- Specialization
- None — this code IS the classification
- Section
- Individual
Definition
(1) A registered nurse is a person qualified by graduation from an accredited nursing school (depending upon schooling, a registered nurse may receive either a diploma from a hospital program, an associate degree in nursing (A.D.N.) or a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (B.S.N.), who is licensed or certified by the state, and is practicing within the scope of that license or certification. R.N.'s assist patient in recovering and maintaining their physical or mental health. They assist physicians during treatments and examinations and administer medications. (2) A provider who is trained and educated in a formal nursing education program at an accredited school of nursing, passes a national certification examination, and is licensed by the state to practice nursing. The individual provides nursing services to patients or clients in areas such as health promotion, disease prevention, acute and chronic care and restoration and maintenance of health across the life span.
NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.
Other codes under Registered Nurse
These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.
- 163WA0400XAddiction (Substance Use Disorder)
- 163WA2000XAdministrator
- 163WC0200XCritical Care Medicine
- 163WC0400XCase Management
- 163WC1400XCollege Health
- 163WC1500XCommunity Health
- 163WC1600XContinuing Education/Staff Development
- 163WC2100XContinence Care
- 163WC3500XCardiac Rehabilitation
- 163WD0400XDiabetes Educator
- 163WD1100XDialysis, Peritoneal
- 163WE0003XEmergency
- 163WE0900XEnterostomal Therapy
- 163WF0300XFlight
- 163WG0000XGeneral Practice
- 163WG0100XGastroenterology
- 163WG0600XGerontology
- 163WH0200XHome Health
- 163WH0500XHemodialysis
- 163WH1000XHospice
- 163WI0500XInfusion Therapy
- 163WI0600XInfection Control
- 163WL0100XLactation Consultant
- 163WM0102XMaternal Newborn
- 163WM0705XMedical-Surgical
- 163WM1400XNurse Massage Therapist (NMT)
- 163WN0002XNeonatal Intensive Care
- 163WN0003XNeonatal, Low-Risk
- 163WN0300XNephrology
- 163WN0800XNeuroscience
- 163WN1003XNutrition Support
- 163WP0000XPain Management
- 163WP0200XPediatrics
- 163WP0218XPediatric Oncology
- 163WP0807XPsychiatric/Mental Health, Child & Adolescent
- 163WP0808XPsychiatric/Mental Health
- 163WP0809XPsychiatric/Mental Health, Adult
- 163WP1700XPerinatal
- 163WP2201XAmbulatory Care
- 163WR0006XRegistered Nurse First Assistant
- 163WR0400XRehabilitation
- 163WR1000XReproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
- 163WS0121XPlastic Surgery
- 163WS0200XSchool
- 163WU0100XUrology
- 163WW0000XWound Care
- 163WW0101XWomen's Health Care, Ambulatory
- 163WX0002XObstetric, High-Risk
- 163WX0003XObstetric, Inpatient
- 163WX0106XOccupational Health
- 163WX0200XOncology
- 163WX0601XOtorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck
- 163WX0800XOrthopedic
- 163WX1100XOphthalmic
- 163WX1500XOstomy Care