163WR0006X — Registered Nurse First Assistant

Grouping

Nursing Service Providers

Classification

Registered Nurse

Specialization

Registered Nurse First Assistant

Section

Individual

Definition

A perioperative registered nurse who works in collaboration with the surgeon and other health care team members to achieve optimal outcomes. The RNFA has acquired the necessary knowledge, judgment, and skills specific to the expanded role of RNFA clinical practice. Intraoperatively, the RNFA assists the surgeon.

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.

• 163W00000XRegistered Nurse
• 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
• 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